I have always said it—Nature meant woman to be her masterpiece.
Ich hab' es immer gesagt: das Weib wollte die Natur zu ihrem Meisterstücke machen.
Original text (German)
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The worst of superstitions is to think
One's own most bearable.
Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident.
Man, whence is he?
Too bad to be the work of a god, too good for the work of chance.
Trust no friend without faults, and love a maiden, but no angel.
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