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WIST Quotations

A quotation from Goethe

Everything that frees our spirit without giving us control of ourselves is ruinous.
 
[Alles, was unsern Geist befreit, ohne uns die Herrschaft über uns selbst zu geben, ist verderblich.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, statesman, scientist
Sprüche in Prosa: Maximen und Reflexionen [Proverbs in Prose: Maxims and Reflections] (1833) [tr. Saunders (1893), “Life and Character,” #33]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/goethe-johann/22780/

WIST Quotations · Sprüche in Prosa: Maximen und Reflexionen [Proverbs in Prose: Maxims and Reflections] (1833) [tr. Saunders (1893), "Life and Character," #33] - Goethe, Johann von | WIST QuotationsEverything that frees our spirit without giving us control of ourselves is ruinous. [Alles, was unsern Geist befreit, ohne uns die Herrschaft über uns selbst zu geben, ist verderblich.] From Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years (1829). (Source (German)). Alternate translations: Every thing that frees our spirit without giving us the mastery…
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