The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long range. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe More Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe More Quotes From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Could we perfect human nature, we might also expect a perfect state of things. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe human-nature perfect might Let him who believes in immortality enjoy his happiness in silence; he has no reason to give himself airs about it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe air giving believe Any trifle is enough to entertain two lovers. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe enough love two There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He acts as though the others were his peers. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe peers noble men It is natural to man to regard himself as the final cause of creation. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe finals causes men A noble man is led by woman's gentle words. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe noble-man gentle men The few of understanding, vision rare, Who veiled not from the herd their hearts, but tried, Poor generous fools, to lay their feelings bare, Them have men always burnt and crucified. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe understanding heart men The spirit from which we act is the principal matter. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe principal spirit matter Names are but noise and smoke, Obscuring heavenly light. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe light names noise Nothing is good for a nation but that which arises from its own core and its own general wants, without apish imitation of another. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe imitation arise want Once you have missed the first buttonhole, you'll never manage to button up. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe buttons opportunity firsts At bottom, no real object is unpoetical, if the poet knows how to use it properly. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe poet real use If a poet would work politically, he must give himself up to a party; and so soon as he does that, he is lost as a poet. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe party doe giving Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe mankind revealing men The poet should seize the Particular, and he should, if there be anything sound in it, thus represent the Universal. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe poet should sound Fret not over the irretrievable, but ever act as if thy life were just begun. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ifs past On all the peaks lies peace. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe nature peace lying Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fool poor littles Piety, like nobility, has its aristocracy. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe nobility piety aristocracy What is the freedom of the most free? To do what is right! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
