“No one would talk much in society, if he knew how often he misunderstands others.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes · Page 2
1749 – 1832
German poet and polymath, author of "Faust".
“One is never satisfied with a portrait of a person that one knows.”
“Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient.”
“My son, whoever wishes to keep a secret, must hide from us that he possesses one.”
“The world is a bell that is cracked: it clatters, but does not ring out clearly.”
“You really only know when you know little. Doubt grows with knowledge.”
“The first and last thing demanded of genius is love of truth.”
“Nothing is more damaging to a new truth than an old error.”
“Among all peoples, the Greeks have dreamt life's dream most beautifully.”
“America, you have it better than our continent, the old one.”
