As in Rome there is, apart from the Romans, a population of statues, so apart from this real world there is a… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
One should not wish anyone disagreeable conditions of life; but for him who is involved in them by chance, they are touchstones… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The theater has often been at variance with the pulpit; they ought not to quarrel. How much is it to be wished… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
How many years must a man do nothing, before he can at all know what is to be done and how to… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
In politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Es irrt der Mensch, so lang er strebt. Man errs as long as he strives. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
As a man is, so is his God; therefore God was so often an object of mockery. [Ger., Wie einer ist, so… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Love of truth shows itself in this, that a man knows how to find and value the good in everything. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always end up by returning to the path… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks; And when she winds them round… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The happiest man is the one who finds happiness at home. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them;… — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is natural to man to regard himself as the object of the creation, and to think of all things in relation… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
New inventions can and will be made; however, nothing new can be thought of that concerns moral man. Everything has already been… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A plant is like a self-willed man, out of whom we can obtain all which we desire, if we will only treat… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the world more pitiable than an irresolute man, oscillating between two feelings, who would willingly unite the two… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Man would not be the finest creature in the world if he were not too fine for it. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought,… — 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
