Long Quote by Christoph Martin Wieland Download Open image “Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes” — Christoph Martin Wieland ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Long Pleasure Source Transient
“A life too full of excitement is an exhausting life, in which continually stronger stimuli are needed to give the thrill that has come… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
What we are only now beginning to fully realize is that in seeking material pleasure too constantly, the capacity for enjoyment or fulfillment decreases… — Alex Campbell Copy Share Image
Wise wretch! with pleasures too refined to please, With too much spirit to be e'er at ease, With too much quickness ever to be… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Any pleasure gained by means other than mental control weakens the body. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
The most intolerable pain is produced by prolonging the keenest pleasure. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Man blindly works the will of fate. [Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.] — Christoph Martin Wieland Copy Share Image
To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they… — Christoph Martin Wieland Copy Share Image
Stupidity has its sublime as well as genius, and he who carries that quality to absurdity has reached it; which is always a source… — Christoph Martin Wieland Copy Share Image
It is commonly a dangerous thing for a man to have more sense than his neighbors. Socrates paid for his superiority with his life;… — Christoph Martin Wieland Copy Share Image
An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground. — Christoph Martin Wieland Copy Share Image
Endurance is the prerogative of woman, enabling the gentlest to suffer what would cause terror to manhood. — Christoph Martin Wieland Copy Share Image
I have often thought that however learned you may talk about it, one knows nothing but what he learns from his own experience. [Ger.,… — Christoph Martin Wieland Copy Share Image
It appears to me that one great cause of our difference in opinion on subjects which we often discuss is that you have always… — David Ricardo Copy Share Image
Only within yourself exists the other reality for which you long. I can give you nothing that has not already its being within yourself.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I would borrow money all day long, if the cost of borrowing is less than the expected return. — Brad Schneider Copy Share Image
Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a prolific writing jab,… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Contradictory precepts that have guided me for as long as I can remember: 1: I will live forever. 2: I will die tomorrow. — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow everything your high-born teachers tell… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I genuinely did not expect more than half our nation to choose to walk away from our long-term allies into the arms of our… — Brian Reade Copy Share Image
Long before the 2016 presidential campaign, confidential sources had alerted me to longstanding misuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court system and the erosion… — Sharyl Attkisson Copy Share Image
History has often showed us the strength of the forces that are unleashed by the yearning for freedom. It moved people to overcome their… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
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![“I have often thought that however learned you may talk about it, one knows nothing but what he learns from his own experience. [Ger., Da dacht ich oft: schwatzt noch so hoch gelehrt, Man weiss doch nichts, als was man selbst erfahrt.]” quote by Christoph Martin Wieland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5f9/christoph-martin-wieland-35565_als_i-have-often-thought-that-however-learne_2378678.jpg)
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