Quotes from Der Goldkäfer

“You will observe that the stories told are all about money-seekers, not about money-finders.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, quote from Der Goldkäfer

“...If you do not take it up with you in some way, I shall be under the necessity of breaking your head with this shovel”
― Edgar Allan Poe, quote from Der Goldkäfer

“No intentaré describir los sentimientos con que contemplaba aquello. El asombro, naturalmente, predominaba sobre los demás. Legrand parecía exhausto por la excitación, y no profirió más que algunas palabras.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, quote from Der Goldkäfer

“—¡Y todo esto viene del escarabajo de oro! ¡Del pobre escarabajito, al que yo insultaba y calumniaba! ¿No te avergüenzas de ti mismo, negro? ¡Anda, contéstame!”
― Edgar Allan Poe, quote from Der Goldkäfer

“Legrand se hallaba en uno de sus ataques —¿Con qué otro término podría llamarse aquello?— de entusiasmo.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, quote from Der Goldkäfer

“¡Es la cosa más encantadora de la creación! —¿El qué? ¿El amanecer? —¡Qué disparate! ¡No! ¡El escarabajo! Es de un brillante color dorado, aproximadamente del tamaño de una nuez, con dos manchas de un negro azabache: una, cerca de la punta posterior, y la segunda, algo más alargada, en la otra punta.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, quote from Der Goldkäfer

“Sin mi idea arraigada a fondo de que había allí algo enterrado, todo nuestro trabajo hubiera sido inútil.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, quote from Der Goldkäfer

“Cuando observaba yo aquel último y supremo síntoma del trastorno mental de mi amigo, no podía apenas contener las lágrimas.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, quote from Der Goldkäfer

“Acaso un par de azadonazos fueron suficientes, mientras sus ayudantes estaban ocupados en el hoyo; acaso necesitó una docena. ¿Quién nos lo dirá?”
― Edgar Allan Poe, quote from Der Goldkäfer

“Desde aquel momento las pocas dudas que podía haber tenido sobre la demencia de mi pobre amigo se disiparon por completo.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, quote from Der Goldkäfer

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