Beneath the frescoes he put the words: "Hier wo mein Wähnen Frieden fand, Wahnfried sei dieses Haus von mir benannt,"which may be Englished: "Here, where my illusions respite found, 'Illusion-Respite' let this house by me be crowned.

In Modern German the lines would be: Darin Frieden gewarteTherein peace await, or look for.

Krieg und Frieden.

Krieg und Frieden.