Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 10 of 179 )
A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows read more
A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions
The trouble is small, the fun is great.
[Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.]
The trouble is small, the fun is great.
[Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.]
A good man, through obscurest aspirations
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
[Ger., Ein read more
A good man, through obscurest aspirations
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
[Ger., Ein guter Mensch, in seinem dunkeln Drange,
Ist sich des rechten Weges sohl bewusst.]
He who moves not forward goes backward!
A capital saying!
He who moves not forward goes backward!
A capital saying!
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
Doubt can only be removed by action.
Doubt can only be removed by action.
Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures
To restless action spurs our fate!
Cursed when for soft, read more
Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures
To restless action spurs our fate!
Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures,
He lays for us the pillows straight.
When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, read more
When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.
If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't follow. I'd be at the bottom to catch read more
If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't follow. I'd be at the bottom to catch them when they fall.
