Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What we do not understand we do not possess.

What we do not understand we do not possess.

The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain.
[Ger., Den Bosen sind sie los, die Bosen sind geblieben.]

The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain.
[Ger., Den Bosen sind sie los, die Bosen sind geblieben.]

What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.

What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.

I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated,
Especially since it lives and lets me live.
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I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated,
Especially since it lives and lets me live.
[Ger., Ich wunschte sehr, der Menge zu behagen,
Besonders weil sie lebt und leben lasst.]

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.