1763-1810, German Theologist
Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind.
Johann G. Seume – [Idleness]


Music is the key to the female heart.
Johann G. Seume – [Music]


Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived.
Johann G. Seume – [Deception]


People should always have something which they prefer to life.
Johann G. Seume – [Life and Living]


Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he.
Johann G. Seume – [Circumstance]