"Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and……" — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

"Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great."

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

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