"Is he happy who is happy alone? Imagine a man who would direct all his nobility to personal good alone. Which would touch him to such an extent that he would no longer want anything. And then his whole soul would be surprised by a single feeling, by a fear: that sooner or later he would collapse. Should it be the one who no longer wants anything and who only fears?
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Is he happy who is happy alone? Imagine a man who would direct all his nobility to personal good alone. Which would touch him to such an extent that he would no longer want anything. And then his whole soul would be surprised by a single feeling, by a fear: that sooner or later he would collapse. Should it be the one who no longer wants anything and who only fears?
""E oare fericit acela care e fericit de unul singur? Imaginează-ți un om care și-ar îndrepta întreaga lui noblețe numai către binele personal. Care l-ar atinge în asemenea măsură încât să nu-și mai dorească nimic. Iar atunci întreg sufletul său ar fi surprins de o singură simțire, de o teamă: că mai devreme sau mai târziu se va prăbuși. Să fie oare acela care nu-și mai dorește nimic și care doar se teme?"