Ludwig Börne

“Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. ”

“Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.”

“Nothing endures except change; nothing is constant except death. Every heartbeat wounds us, and life would be an eternal bleeding to death, were it not for literature. It grants us what nature does not: a golden time that doesn't rust, a springtime that never wilts, cloudless happiness and eternal youth. [my translation]”