"Man will probably always remain man, according to the analogy of all things, nothing but man! Angelic and devilish figure in man - novel characters! Nothing but a middle being between defiance and despondency, aspiring in need, weak in idleness and plenty, nothing for want of motive and practice, by which slowly progressing is pretty much everything.
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Johann Gottfried von HerderAll Translations
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Man will probably always remain man, according to the analogy of all things, nothing but man! Angelic and devilish figure in man - novel characters! Nothing but a middle being between defiance and despondency, aspiring in need, weak in idleness and plenty, nothing for want of motive and practice, by which slowly progressing is pretty much everything.
""Az ember alighanem mindig ember marad, az összes dolog analógiája szerint semmi más, mint ember! Angyali és ördögi figura az emberben - regényfigurák! Semmi más, mint középső lény a dac és a csüggedés között, a szükségben törekvő, a tétlenségben és a bőség állapotában erőtlen, indíték és gyakorlat híján semmi, ezek révén lassan előrehaladva jóformán minden."