When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe More Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe More Quotes From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I do not now begin, - I still adore Her whom I early cherish'd in my breast; Then once again with prudence dispossess'd, And to whose heart I'm driven back once more. The love of Petrarch, that all-glorious love, Was unrequited, and, alas, full sad. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe unrequited-love cherish heart We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe literature humanity people The world of empirical morality consists for the most part of nothing but ill will and envy. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ill-will envy world So dear night the half of life is, And the fairest half indeed. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe half life-is night Let your trouble be Light will follow dark Though the heaven falls You may hear the lark. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe dark attitude fall Like the star that shines afar, Without haste and without rest, Let each one wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do their best. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe stars shining work Yes, I have finally arrived to this Capital of the World! I now see all the dreams of my youth coming to life... Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe rome dream world Hypotheses are the scaffolds which are erected in front of a building and removedd when the building is completed. They are indispensable to the worker; but the worker must not mistake the scaffolding for the building. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe building mistake science Microscopes and telescopes really confuse our minds. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe technology mind science He who possesses science and art, Possesses religion as well; He who possesses neither of these, Had better have religion. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe science-and-religion wells art Mozart is a human incarnation of the divine force of creation. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe creation divine art A human being needs only a small plot of ground on which to be happy, and even less to lie beneath. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe plot lying needs I had rather be Mercury, the smallest among seven [planets], revolving round the sun, than the first among five [moons] revolving round Saturn. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe mercury moon science You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe eternal song English plays, Atrocious in content, Absurd in form, Objectionable in action, Execrable EnglishTheatre. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe absurd action play A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others Johann Wolfgang von Goethe winning want men As all Nature's thousands changes But one changeless God proclaim; So in Art's wide kingdom ranges One sole meaning still the same: This is Truth, eternal Reason, Which from Beauty takes its dress, And serene through time and season Stands aye in loveliness. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe kingdoms dresses art The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe digestion ill church The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the man who thinks Johann Wolfgang von Goethe he-man men thinking Still this planet's soil for noble deeds grants scope abounding. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe soil noble deeds
