I can promise to be upright, but not to be without bias. [Ger., Aufrichtig zu sein kann ich versprechen; unparteiisch zu sein… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Character - in things great and small - is indicated when a man (or person) pursues with sustained follow-through what he feels… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Talents are nurtured best in solitude, But character on life's tempestuous seas! — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Men's prejudices rest upon their character for the time being and cannot be overcome, as being part and parcel of themselves. Neither… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the worldÂ’s torrent. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Talent develops in quiet, alone; character is sharpened in the torrent of the world. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Conscience is the virtue of the observers not the agents of action — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life. — 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 Image
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 Image
All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
