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
Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
With the growth of knowledge our ideas must from time to time be organized afresh. The change takes place usually in accordance… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better. — 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
