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Quote by Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

“Hunger is the mother of impatience and anger.”

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Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann was a German writer known for his historical novels and biographies. His works are typically set against the backdrop of 18th-century German society, delving deeply into the era's history and culture. more

“The love of solitude, when cultivated in the morn of life, elevates the mind to a noble independence, but to acquire the advantages which solitude is capable of affording, the mind must not be impelled to it by melancholy and discontent, but by a real distaste to the idle pleasures of the world, a rational contempt for the deceitful joys of life, and just apprehensions of being corrupted and seduced by its insinuating and destructive gayeties.”

“Those beings only are fit for solitude who are like nobody, and are liked by nobody.”

Fit Solitude

Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

“Suicides pay the world a bad compliment. Indeed, it may so happen that the world has been beforehand with them in incivility. Granted. Even then the retaliation is at their own expense.”

World May Has Beens Happens Pay Suicide Granted Expenses Compliment Retaliation Incivility

Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

“Surmise is the gossamer that malice blows on fair reputations, the corroding dew that destroys the choice blossom. Surmise is primarily the squint of suspicion, and suspicion is established before it is confirmed.”

Choices Fairs Blow Reputation Suspicion Malice Dew

Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

“The quarter of an hour before dinner is the worst that suitors can choose.”

Time Hours Worst Dinner Quarters Suitors

Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

Quote by Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

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