Reflexionen, Maxime 337
Original franz.: "Il est de certaines bonnes qualités comme des sens : ceux qui en sont entièrement privés ne les peuvent apercevoir ni les comprendre."
„Wenn ein Mann in einem mystischen Sinn gesehen wird, werden seine Eigenschaften oft durch seine Handlungen angezeigt.“
Original
When a man is taken in a mystical sense, his qualities are often signified by his actions
Vol. I, Ch. 2: Of the Prophetic Language
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John (1733)
Kontext: When a man is taken in a mystical sense, his qualities are often signified by his actions, and by the circumstances of things about him. So a Ruler is signified by his riding on a beast; a Warrior and Conqueror, by his having a sword and bow; a potent man, by his gigantic stature; a Judge, by weights and measures... the affliction or persecution which a people suffers in laboring to bring forth a new kingdom, by the pain of a woman in labor to bring forth a man-child; the dissolution of a body politic or ecclesiastic, by the death of a man or beast; and the revival of a dissolved dominion, by the resurrection of the dead.
Isaac Newton 53
englischer Naturforscher und Verwaltungsbeamter 1643–1727Ähnliche Zitate
„Ein Mann des Wissens lebt durch Handlungen, nicht durch Nachdenken über das Handeln.“
„Dem Mann (oft zitiert: Manne) kann geholfen werden.“
Die Räuber V, 2 / Karl
„Männer wissen nicht oft, wann ein Mädchen für nichts zu haben ist.“
aus La coscienza di Zeno, Kap. 3, Übersetzung: Nino Barbieri
(Original ital.: "È noto che noi uomini non cerchiamo nella moglie le qualità che adoriamo e disprezziamo nell'amante. Wikisource - La coscienza di Zeno http://it.wikisource.org/wiki/La_coscienza_di_Zeno/Matrimonio