Goethe

Famous quotes containing the word goethe:

“I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

“The light is there, and colors surround us. However, if there were no light nor colors in our own eye, we wouldn’t perceive such things outside of us.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

“We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn’t begrudge his son’s talent.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)