Famous quotes containing the words wolfgang von goethe, von goethe, wolfgang von, wolfgang, von and/or goethe:
“Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“What one doesn’t understand one doesn’t possess.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Aptitudes are assumed, they should become accomplishments. That is the purpose of all education.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Very few people love others for what they are; rather, they love what they lend them, their own selves, their own idea of them.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Stones are mute teachers; they silence the observer, and the most valuable lesson we learn from them we cannot communicate.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)