People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
Modeste Mignon (1844), translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, ch. XXIV: The Poet Feels That He Is Loved Too Well
Modeste Mignon
People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
Modeste Mignon (1844), translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, ch. XXIV: The Poet Feels That He Is Loved Too Well
