Fool Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Yet here I stand poor fool what more, not one wit wiser than before.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

And here, poor fool, with all my lore I stand no wiser than before.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you of time and temper.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The few of understanding, vision rare, Who veiled not from the herd their hearts, but tried, Poor generous fools, to lay their…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The mind is found most acute and most uneasy in the morning. Uneasiness is, indeed, a species of sagacity - a passive…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is nothing by which men display their character so much as in what they consider ridiculous... Fools and sensible men are…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

As soon as you are in a social setting, you better take away the key to the lock of your heart and…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

For usually people resist as long as they can to dismiss the fool they harbor in their bosom, they resist to confess…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honour or…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds.…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe