Von Humboldt

von Humboldt may refer to:

  • Wilhelm von Humboldt - a Prussian minister, linguist and philosopher
  • Alexander von Humboldt - a Prussian naturalist and explorer

Famous quotes containing the words von humboldt, von and/or humboldt:

    “If it were possible to make an accurate calculation of the evils which police regulations occasion, and of those which they prevent, the number of the former would, in all cases, exceed that of the latter.”
    —Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)

    “What matters in art is not thinking but making.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions of the human mind.”
    —Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)