Man blindly works the will of fate. [Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.]
It is commonly a dangerous thing for a man to have more sense than his neighbors. Socrates paid for his superiority with his life; and if Aristotle s… - Christoph Martin Wieland
It is commonly a dangerous thing for a man to have more sense than his neighbors. Socrates paid for his superiority with his life; and if Aristotle s…
- Christoph Martin Wieland
The compulsion of fate is bitter. - Christoph Martin Wieland
The compulsion of fate is bitter.
To do nothing by halves is the way of noble spirits. - Christoph Martin Wieland
To do nothing by halves is the way of noble spirits.
The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity. - Christoph Martin Wieland
The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.
Endurance is the prerogative of woman, enabling the gentlest to suffer what would cause terror to manhood. - Christoph Martin Wieland
Endurance is the prerogative of woman, enabling the gentlest to suffer what would cause terror to manhood.
For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift. - Christoph Martin Wieland
For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.
To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent. - Christoph Martin Wieland
To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent.
Stupidity has its sublime as well as genius, and he who carries that quality to absurdity has reached it; which is always a source of amusement to se… - Christoph Martin Wieland
Stupidity has its sublime as well as genius, and he who carries that quality to absurdity has reached it; which is always a source of amusement to se…
Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes. - Christoph Martin Wieland
Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.
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