John Caspar Lavater, Aphorisms on Man, (London, 1792), §102, p. 40:
He who can despise nothing can value nothing with propriety; and who can value nothing has no right to despise any thing.
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Hermann Hesse, In the Mist = Im Nebel , tr. Harry Steinhauer: Strange, to wander in the mist! Every bush and stone is lo...
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