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The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.
Christoph Martin Wieland

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An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.
Christoph Martin Wieland

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The compulsion of fate is bitter.
Christoph Martin Wieland

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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.
Christoph Martin Wieland

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Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.
Christoph Martin Wieland

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Endurance is the prerogative of woman, enabling the gentlest to suffer what would cause terror to manhood.
Christoph Martin Wieland

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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.
Christoph Martin Wieland

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To do nothing by halves is the way of noble spirits.
Christoph Martin Wieland

Quote Topics by Christoph Martin Wieland: Men People Fate Believe Half Bitterness Sublime Dens Neighbor Pleasure Experience Drag Illusion Opportunity Suffering Art Noble Reality Way Bitter Stupidity Woe Skins Long May Make Me Happy Devil Enabling Endurance
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Man blindly works the will of fate. [Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.]
Christoph Martin Wieland

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For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.
Christoph Martin Wieland

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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.]
Christoph Martin Wieland

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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.
Christoph Martin Wieland