The misfortune in the state is, that nobody can enjoy life in peace, but that everybody must govern; and in art, that… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Fortunately, we can take in only so much misfortune; what exceeds that limit either destroys us or leaves us indifferent. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
You will find the most pronounced hatred of other nations on the lowest cultural levels. There is, though, a level where the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune; nay, of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is a misfortune to pass at once from observation to conclusion, and to regard both as of equal value; but it… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share
Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed! — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
