Christoph Martin Wieland Quotes
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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 saved his skin, it was by taking to his heels in time.
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Noch einmahl sattelt mir den Hippogryfen, ihr Musen,Zum Ritt ins alte romantische Land!
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I have often thought that however learned you may talk about it, one knows nothing but what he learns from his own experience. [Ger., Da dacht ich oft: schwatzt noch so hoch gelehrt, Man weiss doch nichts, als was man selbst erfahrt.]
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For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.
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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 sensible people.
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Und minder ist oft mehr, wie Lessings Prinz uns lehrt.
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To do nothing by halves is the way of noble spirits.
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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.
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The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.
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Endurance is the prerogative of woman, enabling the gentlest to suffer what would cause terror to manhood.
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An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.
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Nichts halb zu thun ist edler Geister Art.
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Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.
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Ein Wahn, der mich beglückt,Ist eine Wahrheit werth, die mich zu Boden drückt.