Despair Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Download Open image “I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Despair Devil Inspirational Knows Love
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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
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