Austen, Jane -- Letter (1796-09-18) to Cassandra Austen

Dave — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:37:27 +0000

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Jane Austen (1775–1817) English author
Letter (1796-09-18) to Cassandra Austen
(Source)

Goethe, Johann von -- Sprüche in Prosa: Maximen und Reflexionen [Proverbs in Prose: Maxims and Reflections] (1833) [tr. Saunders (1893), #489]

Dave — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 22:08:10 +0000

Nothing is more frightful than imagination without taste.

[Es ist nichts furchterlicher als Einbildungskraft ohne Geschmack.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German poet, statesman, scientist
Sprüche in Prosa: Maximen und Reflexionen [Proverbs in Prose: Maxims and Reflections] (1833) [tr. Saunders (1893), #489]
(Source)

From Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years (1829). (Source (German)). Other translations:

There is nothing so horrible as imagination devoid of taste.
[tr. Rönnfeldt (1900)]

There is nothing more awful than imagination devoid of taste.
[tr. Stopp (1995), #507]

There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste.
[E.g. (1868)]

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Austen, Jane -- Letter (1796-09-18) to Cassandra Austen

Goethe, Johann von -- Sprüche in Prosa: Maximen und Reflexionen [Proverbs in Prose: Maxims and Reflections] (1833) [tr. Saunders (1893), #489]