The Sorrows of Young Werther (Modern Library Classics) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780307424167
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2009-07-14T00:00:00+00:00

JANUARY 8, 1772

What kind of people are those whose whole soul is based on ceremony, all of whose thoughts and endeavors are for years directed at how they can move up one chair at the table! And it’s not that they would otherwise not have things to do: no, rather tasks pile up just because the important matters are stalled by small vexations over advancement. Last week there was some bickering on the sleigh ride, and the whole fun was spoiled.

The fools who don’t see that it really never depends on one’s place, and that he who has first place so seldom plays the first role! How many kings are ruled by their ministers, how many ministers by their secretaries! And who then is the first? The person, I think, who understands where the others are and has so much power or cunning that he can harness their energies and passions to the execution of his plans.

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