Christoph Martin Wieland Quotes

The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.

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

Man blindly works the will of fate.
[Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.]

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.

Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.

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

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.

Man blindly works the will of fate.

The compulsion of fate is bitter.