Emanuel Geibel Professions : Poet Born : October 17, 1815 Died : April 6, 1884 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Emanuel Geibel To express the most difficult matters clearly and intelligently, is to strike coins out of pure gold. Emanuel Geibel coins communication gold True joy doth need no song to praise it, silence for love's delight is best. Emanuel Geibel true-joy silence song The very greatest is the alphabet, for in it lies the deepest wisdom; yet only he can fathom it, who truly knows how to put it together. Emanuel Geibel alphabet together lying Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors