Famous quotes containing the words wolfgang von goethe, von goethe, wolfgang von, wolfgang, von and/or goethe:
“It doesn’t behoove elderly persons to follow fashion in their thinking nor in the way they dress.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Talent is formed in solitude,
Character in the bustle of the world.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Why go further and further,
Look, happiness is right here.
Learn how to grab hold of luck,
For luck is always there.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Certain faults are necessary for the existence of the individual. We would resent it if old friends were to get rid of certain peculiarities.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellence is presented, as it were, in one kind of being, we might believe that the whole treasure of morality and order is enshrined in the female character.”
—Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)
“What you desire when young, you have in abundance when old.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)