--- title: "8 Fancy Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" description: "8 Fancy quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Plus more from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and more Fancy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_after-death_when-we-see-the-many-grave-stones-which_78714.jpg" --- > [When we see the many grave-stones which have fallen in, which have been defaced by the footsteps of the congregation, which lie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/when-we-see-the-many-grave-stones-which-have-fallen-in-which-have/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_after-death_when-we-see-the-many-grave-stones-which_78714.jpg) > [Nothing is so atrocious as fancy without taste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/nothing-is-so-atrocious-as-fancy-without-taste/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/316/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_atrocious_nothing-is-so-atrocious-as-fancy-without_368955.jpg) > [People always fancy that we must become old to become wise; but, in truth, as years advance, it is hard to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/people-always-fancy-that-we-must-become-old-to-become-wise-but-in/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_age_people-always-fancy-that-we-must-become_410298.jpg) > [Opponents fancy they refute us when they repeat their own opinion and pay no attention to ours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/opponents-fancy-they-refute-us-when-they-repeat-their-own-opinion-and/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_attention_opponents-fancy-they-refute-us-when-they_502065.jpg) > [To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/to-hard-necessity-ones-will-and-fancy-must-conform/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53b/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_conform_to-hard-necessity-ones-will-and-fancy-mu_1572915.jpg) > [Shakespeare is dangerous to young poets; they cannot but reproduce him, while they fancy that they produce themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/shakespeare-is-dangerous-to-young-poets-they-cannot-but-reproduce-him/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_dangerous_shakespeare-is-dangerous-to-young-poets_2218166.jpg) > [Superstition is a part of the very being of humanity; and when we fancy that we are banishing it altogether, it takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/superstition-is-a-part-of-the-very-being-of-humanity-and-when-we/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_believe_superstition-is-a-part-of-the-very-being_2316655.jpg) > [We cannot too soon convince ourselves how easily we may be dispensed with in the world. What important personages we imagine ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/we-cannot-too-soon-convince-ourselves-how-easily-we-may-be-dispensed/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afa/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_absence_we-cannot-too-soon-convince-ourselves-ho_2547211.jpg) ## Other authors on Fancy ## 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/fancy/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/#itemlist", "name": "8 Fancy Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When we see the many grave-stones which have fallen in, which have been defaced by the footsteps of the congregation, which lie buried under the ruins of the churches, that have themselves crumbled together over them; we may fancy the life after death to be as a second life, into which man enters in the figure, or the picture or the inscription, and lives longer there than when he was really alive. 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