“A worthy man is bound to suffer malice and envy: a man grows in worth so long as he is envied.”

Hazzen unde nîden
daz muoz der biderbe lîden.
der man der werdet al die vrist,
die wîle und er geniten ist.
Source: Tristan, Line 8395

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Hazzen unde nîden daz muoz der biderbe lîden. der man der werdet al die vrist, die wîle und er geniten ist.

Tristan

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medieval German poet 1180–1215

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