Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Man believes himself always greater than he is, and is esteemed less than he is worth. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Prudent and active men, who know their strength and use it with limit and circumspection, alone go far in the affairs of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A man is not little when he finds it difficult to cope with circumstances, but when circumstances overmaster him. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A vain man can never be altogether rude. Desirous as he is of pleasing, he fashions his manners after those of others. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A man's name is not like a mantle which merely hangs about him...but a perfectly fitting garment, which, like the skin, has… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
When Nature begins to reveal her open secret to a man, he feels an irresistible longing for her worthiest interpreter, Art. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There are but two roads that lead to an important goal and to the doing of great things: strength and perseverance. Strength… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is natural to man to regard himself as the final cause of creation. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Men in a state of nature, uncivilized nations, children, have a great fondness for colors in their utmost brightness, and especially for… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
One man's word is no man's word; we should quietly hear both sides. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Does not man lack the force at the very point where he needs it most? And when he soars upward in joy,… — 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
