melancholy-almost

Updated: July 23, 2026

Here, upon my Weinberg, I will not be a king, but a friend and a philosopher." "And a poet," said D'Argens, in loving tones. "I will now recall a couplet to the poet-king, which he once repeated to me, when I was melancholy-almost hopeless: "'Nous avons deux moments a vivre; Qu'il en soit un pour le plaisir."

L. (Luise) Mühlbach - Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends