Unfortunately, most of the time
you have to hold your tongue
in order not to be considered insane,
like Cassandra, when you prophesize
what is already in front of the door.

Leider muß man nur meistenteils verstummen,
um nicht, wie Kassandra, für wahnsinnig
gehalten zu werden, wenn man weissagt,
was schon vor der Tür ist.

-Letter to Christoph Ernst von Gagern (before October 1794)
Translation by Goethe Global.

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