Christoph Martin Wieland

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

— Christoph Martin Wieland

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

— Christoph Martin Wieland

The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.

— Christoph Martin Wieland

To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are…

— Christoph Martin Wieland

Stupidity has its sublime as well as genius, and he who carries that quality to absurdity has reached it; which is always…

— Christoph Martin Wieland

The compulsion of fate is bitter.

— Christoph Martin Wieland

It is commonly a dangerous thing for a man to have more sense than his neighbors. Socrates paid for his superiority with…

— Christoph Martin Wieland

For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.

— Christoph Martin Wieland

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

— Christoph Martin Wieland

Endurance is the prerogative of woman, enabling the gentlest to suffer what would cause terror to manhood.

— Christoph Martin Wieland

I have often thought that however learned you may talk about it, one knows nothing but what he learns from his own…

— Christoph Martin Wieland

Man blindly works the will of fate.

— Christoph Martin Wieland

Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes

— Christoph Martin Wieland