L'homme c'est rien - l'oeuvre c'est tout
The man is nothing, the work is everything
Saturday, December 31, 2011
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Xenien 1796
Schade dass die Natur nur einen Mensch aus dir schuf,
Denn zum wurdigen Mann war und zum Schelmen der Stoff.
It's a shame that Nature made you only one man; there was material enough for a worthy man and a rogue.
Denn zum wurdigen Mann war und zum Schelmen der Stoff.
It's a shame that Nature made you only one man; there was material enough for a worthy man and a rogue.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust (1.1205-1206) 1808
Wir sind gewohnt dass die Menschen verhohnen was sie nicht verstehen.
Of course, we know that men despise what they don't comprehend.
Of course, we know that men despise what they don't comprehend.
Horace, Satires (1.1.65-66)
Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo ipse domi simul ac nummos contemplar in arca.
The people hiss at me, but I applaud myself alone at home when I gaze on the coins in my strongbox.
The people hiss at me, but I applaud myself alone at home when I gaze on the coins in my strongbox.
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