Salomon Gessner

Salomon Gessner (1 April 1730 – 2 March 1788) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher, and poet, best known in the latter instance for his Idylls. He was a co-founder of the Helvetic Society and the first publisher and editor of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

Quotes

• Es ist doch den Mädchen wie angeboren, dass sie allem gefallen wollen, was nur Augen hat.
  • The desire to please everything having eyes seems inborn in maidens.
  • Evander und Alcima, act 3, sc. 1
  • Reported in Hoyt's (1922), p. 889

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Salomon Gessner on Wikipedia