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Wilhelm Busch: Diverse sayings and citations



Tolerance is good, but not towards the intolerant


Only what we believe do we know for certain


God pulls at one Hand, the devil at both legs


Others' profit is experienced almost as own loss


Fulfilled wishes beget young ones, many like the sows


The root of even the smallest thing lies in the endlessness, thus can never be completely comprehended


The sinner should at least possess self-irony, i.e. everyone


Weakness is distrustful


Others being smarter than we,
pleases only rarely,
but the certainty they are more dopey,
delights us invariably


Laughter, expression of regret, contempt are in their roots intimate relations, commonly created by the soothing feeling of superiority


Whoever wants to observe cannot join the game