Comment on Anon is all smiles

red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• derry@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Sherman?

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  • red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s attributed to Hitler. But after just having looked into it, it seems dubious.

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    • mEEGal@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’ve fooled anyone, it’s an easy mistake to make

      His actual quote is “WENN DU WIE DIE SONNE SCHEINEN WILLST, MUSST DU ZUERT WIE SIE BRENNEN”

      and I think it’s beautiful

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      • red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I can’t find a source for it, though. It’s definitely not from Mein Kampf, as I went through all occurrences of Sonne and it’s not there. There is one quote in there that says: “only once the sun went down can the moon shine”, but that’s quite different. I think it’s just another misattributed quote.

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    • derry@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Was joking, thought you made it up. Said Sherman as a joke in regards to the scorched earth policy he used in the march to the sea of the American civil war

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      • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        A little too poetic for Sherman anyway. “War is hell” was definitely one of his quotes though.

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