William Butler Yeats - Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from th...

William Butler Yeats Zitate

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.

William Butler Yeats

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Bücher sind nur Altpapier, es sei denn, wir geben die Weisheit aus, die wir aus dem Gedankenschlafen bekommen. Wenn wir den Lebenden überdrüssig sind, können wir uns zu den Toten bekehren, die in ihrem Gespräch nichts von Benommenheit, Stolz oder Design haben.

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