In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, but that which we hope for. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
When I make a mistake everyone can see it, but not when I lie. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It's true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is with art as with love: How can a man of the world,with all his distractions, keep the inwardness which an… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Love grants in a moment what toil can hardly achieve in an age.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If you inquire what people are like here, I must answer, "The same as everywhere." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Only air and light and the love of friends! Let no man lose heart who still has these.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
We love a girl for very different qualities than understanding. We love her for her beauty, her youth, her mirth, her confidingness,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Begin by instructing yourself, then you will receive instruction from others. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
[Nature's] crown is Love. Only through Love can we come near her. She puts gulfs between all things, and all things strive… — 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
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