Zone1 if I knew the world would end tomorrow, I would still plant an apple tree today

[Zebra]

in the original German: Wenn ich wüsste, dass morgen die Welt zu Ende geht, würde ich heute noch ein Apfelbäumchen pflanzen.

Translation in the thread title.

 

[Zebra]

Its hopeless. The Germans had a future. There is no future int the quote. ITs dumb and not well thought out. Perhaps there is context and there is more to the quote that will make sense.
In researching the quote its stated he never said it

It is fitting for the year 1944
in 1945 Germany was in ruins
and then nobody thought it would recover so soon after …

 

[Hafar1014]

It is fitting for the year 1944
in 1945 Germany was in ruins
and then nobody thought it would recover so soon after …

America rebuilt both Germany and Japan

 

[Woodznutz]

The one I'm familiar with is this.

"He who plants a tree loves others more than himself."

We lost two large ash trees that shaded the west side of our apartment building .to the Emerald ash borer. Next spring we're planting two Norway maples to replace them. Neither my boss nor I will live to see them mature, but it's the right thing to do.
(me) (my boss).

 

[Woodznutz]

Didn't Johnny Appleseed say that?

 

[Woodznutz]

My late sister had a huge green thumb and planted gardens just about wherever she lived. She rented a flat that had a sizable back yard and quickly planted a garden there. She also planted an ash tree on the terrace by the street, even knowing that she wouldn't remain there long enough to see it grow large. She married and left the state and was gone for many years. She returned to visit at long last and wanted to see how her tree had grown. Sadly, the tree had contracted the Emerald ash borer disease, had died and was removed by the city, although while it flourished it was likely a beautiful tree that she never got to see.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

My late sister had a huge green thumb and planted gardens just about wherever she lived. She rented a flat that had a sizable back yard and quickly planted a garden there. She also planted an ash tree on the terrace by the street, even knowing that she wouldn't remain there long enough to see it grow large. She married and left the state and was gone for many years. She returned to visit at long last and wanted to see how her tree had grown. Sadly, the tree had contracted the Emerald ash borer disease, had died and was removed by the city, although while it flourished it was likely a beautiful tree that she never got to see.

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When I moved here to South Dakota, I learned that most of the firewood was ash, and it looked fairly inexpensive, but then I learned that I could be in violation of the law if I owned any ash that was infested with the Emerald Ash Borer! For security in the bitter cold winters here, I knew I would need a wood stove, in case there was ever a power outage, and I ended having to buy bundles of kiln dried wood, to avoid the possibility of infestation.

Crazy! The closest area of infestation was about 40 miles from my home -- too close.

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[Zebra]

was there also Dutch Elm Disease?

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

was there also Dutch Elm Disease?

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Not as far as I know.

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