He who has no opinion of his own, but depends upon the opinion and taste of others, is a slave.
—Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
Topics: Opinion, Opinions, Self-reliance, Confidence
The God who created these fair heavens with the same facility as yon green sapling; he who hath bestowed on man a life of toil, of transient joys and fleeting pains, that he might not forget the higher worth of his enduring soul, and might feel that immortality waited for him beyond the grave;—He, he is one only God!
—Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
The tones of human voices are mightier than strings or brass to move the soul.
—Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
He who thinks for himself, and rarely imitates, is a free man.
—Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
Topics: Originality
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