Man ought always to have something that he prefers to life; otherwise life itself will seem to him tiresome and void. Johann Gottfried Seume More Quotes by Johann Gottfried Seume More Quotes From Johann Gottfried Seume All one can do for one's character in times like these, is to prove that one does not belong to these times. Johann Gottfried Seume times-like-these doe character Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind. Johann Gottfried Seume body stupid mind Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived. Johann Gottfried Seume hype deception earth People should always have something which they prefer to life. Johann Gottfried Seume preference life people Woman is superlative; the best leader in life, the best guide in happy days, the best consoler in sorrow. Johann Gottfried Seume women sorrow leader Music is the key to the female heart. Johann Gottfried Seume music wisdom heart Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he. Johann Gottfried Seume gambling tears men
