C. S. Lewis - A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, th...

C. S. Lewis Zitate

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

C. S. Lewis

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ein Mann, der mit seiner Frau isst oder lügt oder sich in Demut, Dankbarkeit und Mäßigkeit zum Schlafen vorbereitet, ist nach christlichen Maßstäben in einem unendlich höheren Zustand als jemand, der Bach mit Stolz hört oder Platon liest.

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