“I know I can trust in my heart…that she…dare I, can I express heaven in a few words? That she loves me.” — Goethe Copy Share Image
“Glib tongues frill up their hash of knowledge for mankind in polished speeches that are no more than vaporous winds rustling the fallen leaves… — Goethe Copy Share
“see how all our energies are wasted in providing for mere necessities, which gain have no further end than to prolong a wretched existence;… — Goethe Copy Share
Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it. — Goethe Copy Share
“There are no means of safety against superior qualities of another person but to love him.” — Goethe Copy Share
“Being full of mischief, they love to listen; they gladly obey, for they like to betray you, pretending to be sent from Heaven, and… — Goethe Copy Share
“When he comes to the door he always looks mocking and half-way angry. You can see he has sympathy for nothing. It's written on… — Goethe Copy Share
“When we treat man as he is we make him worse than he is. When we treat him as if he already was what… — Goethe Copy Share
“Men grieve [Mephistopheles] so with the days of their lamenting, [he] even hate[s] to plague them with [his] torments.” — Goethe Copy Share
