Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
206 quotations
A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.
The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.
Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.
Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.
Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.
Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.
The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does.
Nothing is true, but that which is simple.
There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world.
To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves.
It is delivery that makes the orators success.
I do not speak of what I cannot praise.
I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy.
The people rate strength before everything.
Stupidity is without anxiety.
On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.
Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
Before you can do something you must first be something.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
The deed is everything, the glory is naught.
When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.
Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.