Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Wolfgang Mieder
Born: February 17, 1944 (age 81)
Bio: Wolfgang Mieder is professor of German and folklore at the University of Vermont, in Burlington, Vermont, USA. He is a graduate of Olivet College, the University of Michigan, and Michigan State University.
Known for:
- Proverbs: A Handbook (2004)
- Proverbs are never out of season (1993)
- The politics of proverbs (1997)
- The Pied Piper: A Handbook (2007)