nothing puts me so completely out of patience as the utterance of a wretched commonplace when I am talking from my inmost heart.
"
Du hast so viele Leben, wie du Sprachen sprichst. (You have as many lives as the number of languages you speak.)
"
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is clos...
"
Because everyone uses language to talk, everyone thinks they can talk about language.
"
Des Menschen Kraft, im Dichter offenbartThe human power is revealed by poetIl potere dell'umanità si rivela nel poeta
"
We are all pilgrims who seek Italy.
"
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
"
15"General ideas and great conceit are always a fair way to bring about terrible misfortune.
"
There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they find to laugh at.
"
If I wasn't a devil myself I'd give Me up to the Devil this very minute.
"
By Fortune's adverse buffets overborneTo solitude I fled, to wilds forlorn,And not in utter loneliness to live,Myself at last did to the Devil give!
"
I was on the point of breaking off the conversation, for nothing puts me so completely out of patience as the utterance of a wretched commonplace when...
