Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774). copy citation

edit
Author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source The Sorrows of Young Werther
Topic foolishness weakness estimate
Date 1774
Language English
Reference
Note Translated by R. D. Boylan
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2527/2527-h/2527-h.htm

Context

“Everything around is alive with an infinite number of forms; while mankind fly for security to their petty houses, from the shelter of which they rule in their imaginations over the wide-extended universe. Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little. From the inaccessible mountains, across the desert which no mortal foot has trod, far as the confines of the unknown ocean, breathes the spirit of the eternal Creator; and every atom to which he has given existence finds favour in his sight.” source

Meaning and analysis

write a note
report