The century is advanced, but every individual begins afresh. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
All men would be masters of others, and no man is lord of himself. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is bad governments, not bad people, who cause revolutions. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is a maxim of wise government to treat people not as they should be but as they actually are. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
What government is the best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves. [Ger., Welche Regierung die beste sei? Diejenige die uns lehrt… — 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