Quote#Wisdom
We make nothing: we only form and discover what is already there, but…
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)
We make nothing: we only form and discover what is already there, but which without our assistance cannot release itself from shapeless chaos.
— Berthold Auerbach
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Only what thou art in thyself determines thy value, not what thou hast.
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