少年维特的烦恼 英文版 The Sorrows of Young Werther
歌德 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
JULY 20.
I cannot assent to your proposal that I should accompany theambassador to _______. I do not love subordination; and we allknow that he is a rough, disagreeable person to be connected with.You say my mother wishes me to be employed. I could not helplaughing at that. Am I not sufficiently employed? And is it notin reality the same, whether I shell peas or count lentils? Theworld runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solelyfrom regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish ornecessity of his own, toils after gold, honour, or any otherphantom, is no better than a fool.