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'Better an end with horror than horror without an end.' A saying attributed to Ferdinand von Schill, shortly before his death fighting in the streets of Strals
by Borrible 5y ago
'Better an end with horror than horror without an end.'
A saying attributed to Ferdinand von Schill, shortly before his death fighting in the streets of Stralsund.
Von Schill is a, in the wider population, mostly forgotten 'German' or better Prussian hero of an uprising against french occupation in Napoleonic times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Schill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Schill
- techer 5y agoStolen from Reddit: A slight correction: the fixed phrase in German is "Lieber ein Ende mit Schrecken als ein Schrecken ohne Ende", which translates as "Better a horrifying ending than a horror without end"