Christoph Martin Wieland
Christoph Martin Wieland
Christoph Martin Wielandwas a German poet and writer. He is best-remembered for having written the first Bildungsroman, as well as the epic Oberon, which formed the basis for Carl Maria von Weber's opera of the same name...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth5 September 1733
CountryGermany
people stupidity sublime
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.
art believe people
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.
men skins neighbor
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.
fate bitterness bitter
The compulsion of fate is bitter.
men experience als
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.]
long woe pleasure
Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes
half way noble
To do nothing by halves is the way of noble spirits.
illusion drag make-me-happy
An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.
opportunity devil
The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.
suffering endurance causes
Endurance is the prerogative of woman, enabling the gentlest to suffer what would cause terror to manhood.
fate men dens
Man blindly works the will of fate. [Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.]
reality men
For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.