Goethe

Famous quotes containing the word goethe:

“People can only live with their equals, and not even with them; for in the long run they cannot tolerate that someone is their equal.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

“Mankind? That is an abstraction. There have always been and always will be only individuals.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

“The world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish; the impressions remain flat and unconnected in the soul. Thus they are easily led by the opinions of others, are content to let their impressions be shuffled and rearranged and evaluated differently.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)