He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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Zum Autor"Most people work the greater part of their time for a mere living and the little freedom which remains to them so troubles them that they use every means of getting rid of it."
"How many years you have to keep on doing until you know what to do and how to do!"
"What's foreign one can't always keep quite clear of,For good things, oft, are not so near;A German can't endure the French to see or hear of,Yet drinks their wines with hearty cheer."
"On all the peaks lies peace."
"Each one sees what he carries in his heart."
"Classicism is health, romanticisim is sickness."