Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Quote

When we meet with better fare than was expected, the disappointment is overlooked even by the unscrupulous. When we meet with worse than was expected, philosophers alone know how to make it better.


Aphorisms and Reflections on Men, Morals and Things (ed. 1800)


When we meet with better fare than was expected, the disappointment is overlooked even by the unscrupulous. When we meet with worse than was...

When we meet with better fare than was expected, the disappointment is overlooked even by the unscrupulous. When we meet with worse than was...

When we meet with better fare than was expected, the disappointment is overlooked even by the unscrupulous. When we meet with worse than was...

When we meet with better fare than was expected, the disappointment is overlooked even by the unscrupulous. When we meet with worse than was...