If you wish a wise answer, you must put a rational question. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Who can think wise or stupid things at all that were not thought already in the past. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise. — 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
It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is delightful to transport one's self into the spirit of the past, to see how a wise man has thought before… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
People always fancy that we must become old to become wise; but, in truth, as years advance, it is hard to keep… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There is nothing by which men display their character so much as in what they consider ridiculous... Fools and sensible men are… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is a great pleasure to transport one's-self into the spirit of the times; to see how a wise man has thought… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
He who is wise puts aside all claims which may dissipate his attention, and confining himself to one branch excels in that. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
What am I then...? Everything that I have seen, heard, and observed I have collected and exploited. My works have been nourished by countless different individuals, by innocent and wise ones, people of intelligence and dunces. Childhood, maturity and old age all have brought me their thoughts…their perspectives on life. I have often reaped what others have sowed. My work… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for good ends.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous. — 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
