Christoph Martin Wieland
Christoph Martin Wieland
Christoph Martin Wielandwas a German poet and writer. He is best-remembered for having written the first Bildungsroman, as well as the epic Oberon, which formed the basis for Carl Maria von Weber's opera of the same name...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth5 September 1733
CountryGermany
fate men dens
Man blindly works the will of fate. [Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.]
half way noble
To do nothing by halves is the way of noble spirits.
long woe pleasure
Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes
fate bitterness bitter
The compulsion of fate is bitter.