“We are so lonely in life that we must ask ourselves if the loneliness of dying is not a symbol of our human existence.”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
“Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.”
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
“How important can it be that I suffer and think? My presence in this world will disturb a few tranquil lives and will unsettle the unconscious and pleasant naiveté of others. Although I feel that my tragedy is the greatest in history—greater than the fall of empires—I am nevertheless aware of my total insignificance. I am absolutely persuaded that I am nothing in this universe; yet I feel that mine is the only real existence.”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
“سوء الفهم والاهمال تنجم عنهما من المساوئ و الأضرار أكثر مما ينجم عادة عن سوء النية و الرغبة في الشر و الالتواء”
― آلام فيرتير
― آلام فيرتير
“The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.”
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
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