“I would willingly give up all my fame and all my honor, if I could by so doing restore the health of a poor, sick peasant.”

About Christian Fürchtegott Gellert

Poet • German

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert was a highly esteemed German poet, fabulist, and moral philosopher of the Enlightenment era. Born in Hainichen, Saxony, he studied theology at the University of Leipzig and later became a...