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Christoph Martin Wieland Biography

Christoph Martin Wieland (German: [ˈviːlant]; 5 September 1733 – 20 January 1813) was a German poet and writer. He is best-remembered for having written the first Bildungsroman (Geschichte des Agathon), as well as the epic Oberon, which formed the basis for Carl Maria von Weber's opera of the same name.

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Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes

Long, Pleasure, Transient, Woe, Woes

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

Blindlings, Blos, Den, Dens, Fate, Men

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

Half, Noble, Nothing, Spirits, Way

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

Art, Believe, People

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. ]

Dacht, Erfahrt, Experience, Ich, May, Men

The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.

Cleverest, Devil, Devils, Opportunity

The compulsion of fate is bitter.

Bitter, Bitterness, Compulsion, Fate

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

Drag, Ground, Illusion, Make Me Happy, Verity

It is commonly a dangerous thing for a man to have more sense than his neighbors. Socrates paid for his superiority with his life; and if Aristotle saved his skin, it was by taking to his heels in time.

Men, Neighbor, Skin, Skins, Superiority, Taking

Stupidity has its sublime as well as genius, and he who carries that quality to absurdity has reached it; which is always a source of amusement to sensible people.

Carries, People, Sensible, Source, Stupidity, Sublime

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

Enabling, Endurance, Gentlest, Manhood, Suffering, Terror

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

Gift, Man, Men, Reality