--- title: "8 Dare Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" description: "8 Dare quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Plus more from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and more Dare sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_burned_but-who-will-dare-to-speak-the-truth-out_348729.jpg" --- > [But who will dare to speak the truth out clear? The few who anything of truth have learned, And foolishly did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/but-who-will-dare-to-speak-the-truth-out-clear-the-few-who-anything/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_burned_but-who-will-dare-to-speak-the-truth-out_348729.jpg) > [What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/what-a-torment-it-is-to-see-so-much-loveliness-passing-and-repassing/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_dare_what-a-torment-it-is-to-see-so-much-love_800360.jpg) > [ \[W\]hat counts is that one perceives excellence and dares to give it expression, which sounds little but is in fact a great… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/w-hat-counts-is-that-one-perceives-excellence-and-dares-to-give-it/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_dare_w-hat-counts-is-that-one-perceives-excel_1094645.jpg) > [Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/rest-not-life-is-sweeping-by-go-and-dare-before-you-die-something/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_behinds_rest-not-life-is-sweeping-by-go-and-dare_1310352.jpg) > [It will be! the mass is working clearer! Conviction gathers, truer, nearer! The mystery which for Man in Nature lies We dare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/it-will-be-the-mass-is-working-clearer-conviction-gathers-truer/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_clearer_it-will-be-the-mass-is-working-clearer-c_2667638.jpg) > [All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/all-one-needs-to-do-is-declare-oneself-free-and-one-will-immediately/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_dare_all-one-needs-to-do-is-declare-oneself-f_2736065.jpg) > [I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tighrope dancer so that no incompetent would dare step upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/i-wish-the-stage-were-as-narrow-as-the-wire-of-a-tighrope-dancer-so/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67a/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_acting_i-wish-the-stage-were-as-narrow-as-the-w_2782685.jpg) > [Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/nobody-they-say-is-a-hero-to-his-valet-of-course-for-a-man-must-be-a/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_courses_nobody-they-say-is-a-hero-to-his-valet-o_2803236.jpg) ## Other authors on Dare ## More by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe > [True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/true-works-of-art-contain-their-own-theory-and-give-us-the/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/i-never-believed-in-trying-to-do-anything-whatever-i-set-out-to-do-i/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/all-lyrical-work-must-as-a-whole-be-perfectly-intelligible-but-in/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/we-know-accurately-only-when-we-know-little-with-knowledge-doubt/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/it-is-easier-to-perceive-error-than-to-find-truth-for-the-former-lies/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/there-is-no-patriotic-art-and-no-patriotic-science/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-connoisseur-of-art-must-be-able-to-appreciate-what-is-simply/) [Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Nothing is worse than active ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/nothing-is-worse-than-active-ignorance/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/let-us-not-dream-that-reason-can-ever-be-popular-passions-emotions/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Our foibles are really what make us lovable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/our-foibles-are-really-what-make-us-lovable/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/instruction-does-much-but-encouragement-everything/) [Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Giving is the business of the rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/giving-is-the-business-of-the-rich/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/just-begin-and-the-mind-grows-heated-continue-and-the-task-will-be/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/i-look-upon-all-four-gospels-as-thoroughly-genuine-for-there-shines/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/whatever-we-may-say-against-collections-which-present-authors-in-a/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dare/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/#itemlist", "name": "8 Dare Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But who will dare to speak the truth out clear? 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