Johann Wolfgang Goethe

The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to draw
exclusively from his own resources.

The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to draw
exclusively from his own resources.

Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really
according to order.

Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really
according to order.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which
matter least.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which
matter least.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they
think laughable.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they
think laughable.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

Before you can do something you must first be something.