Wilhelm von Humboldt Quotes
It is continued temperance which sustains the body for the longest period of time, and which most surely preserves it free from sickness.
Citations
Humboldt, Wilhelm von. Thoughts and Opinions of a Statesman. William Pickering, 1849.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin, which was named after him in 1949 (and also after his younger brother, Alexander von Humboldt, a naturalist).