I always seek the good that is in people and leave the bad to Him who made mankind and knows how to… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
And future deeds crowded round us as the countless stars in the night. [Ger., Und kunftige Thaten drangen wie die Sterne Rings… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Truth must be repeated again and again, because error is constantly being preached round about. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Like the star that shines afar, Without haste and without rest, Let each one wheel with steady sway Round the task that… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune; nay, of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I had rather be Mercury, the smallest among seven [planets], revolving round the sun, than the first among five [moons] revolving round… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Hypotheses are only the pieces of scaffolding which are erected round a building during the course of construction, and which are taken… — 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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