Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There is nothing in life so irrational, that good sense and chance may not set it to rights; nothing so rational, that… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and… — 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
