“An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.”

— Christoph Martin Wieland

Ein Wahn, der mich beglückt,
Ist eine Wahrheit werth, die mich zu Boden drückt.
Idris, ein heroisch-comisches Gedicht, Song 3, line 79 (1768); translation from Harry T. Reis and Caryl E. Rusbult (eds.) Close Relationships (New York: Psychology Press, 2004) p. 321.

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Ein Wahn, der mich beglückt, ist eine Wahrheit wert, die mich zu Boden drückt.

Idris, ein heroisch-comisches Gedicht. Reuttlingen 1785. 3 / 10. Seite 90.
Original: "Ein Wahn, der mich beglückt, // Ist eine Wahrheit werth, die mich zu Boden drückt."
Variant: Ein Wahn, der mich beglückt,
Ist eine Wahrheit werth, die mich zu Boden drückt.

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