Famous quotes containing the words wolfgang von goethe, von goethe, wolfgang von, wolfgang, von and/or goethe:
“Mankind? That is an abstraction. There have always been and always will be only individuals.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Give shape, artist! don’t talk!
Your poem be but a breath.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“One doesn’t look at a rainbow any longer that lasts a quarter of an hour.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“New inventions can and will be made; however, nothing new can be thought of that concerns moral man. Everything has already been thought and said which at best we can express in different forms and give new expressions to.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Fortunately, we can take in only so much misfortune; what exceeds that limit either destroys us or leaves us indifferent.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)