Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“The things I know, every man can know, but, oh, my heart is mine alone!” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
In society every man is taken for what he gives himself out to be; but he must give himself out to be… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known. — 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
