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Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
English (Source)
Passion! Drunkenness! Madness! You stand so calmly, so pitilessly before these things, you moralists! You rebuke the drunkard, you despise the fool, you pass him by, and thank God, like the Pharisee, that he did not create you as one of these. I have been drunk more than once, my passions have never been far from madness, and I do not regret any of them, because I have learned on my own that every extraordinary person who has done something great, something seemingly impossible, must always and necessarily be called drunk and crazy. But even in everyday life, it is unbearable to hear that in the case of any, even half-free, noble, unexpected act, the verdict is immediately ready: this person is drunk, this person is a fool. Shame on you sane people! Shame on you wise men!