Quote#Speech
What people will say — in these words there lies the tyranny of the…
Quote byBerthold Auerbach · 1812–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889), On the Heights (Bunnett, trans.).
English (original)
What people will say — in these words there lies the tyranny of the world, the whole destruction of our natural disposition, the oblique vision of our minds. These four words bear sway everywhere.
— Berthold Auerbach
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