“He who has an opinion of his own, but depends upon the opinion and taste of others, is a slave.”
As quoted in Day's Collacon: an Encyclopaedia of Prose Quotations (1884), p. 639
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock – poeta niemiecki. Jego twórczość obejmuje uroczyste, pełne wyrazu ody pisane antycznym metrum o naturze, miłości, przyjaźni i na tematy religijne. Wikipedia
“He who has an opinion of his own, but depends upon the opinion and taste of others, is a slave.”
As quoted in Day's Collacon: an Encyclopaedia of Prose Quotations (1884), p. 639
The Messiah, VII. 460; as quoted in Beautiful thoughts from German and Spanish authors (1868) by C.T. Ramage, p. 240