Maxioms by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished
For what one has in black and white,
One can carry home in comfort.
[Ger., Denn was read more
For what one has in black and white,
One can carry home in comfort.
[Ger., Denn was man schwarz auf weiss besitzt,
Kann man getrost nach Hause tragen.]
While man's desires and aspirations stir,
He can not choose but err.
[Ger., Es irrt der Mensch read more
While man's desires and aspirations stir,
He can not choose but err.
[Ger., Es irrt der Mensch so lang er strebt.]
Everyone hears only what he understands.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability