I have often thought that however learned you may talk about it, one knows nothing but what he learns from his own experience.
Man weiss doch nichts, als was man selbst erfährt.
Original text (German)
Original text (German)
What is the world to him now? a vast and vacant space, for fortune's wheel to roll about at will.
An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.
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