German - Poet | August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832
Common sense is the genius of humanity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
GeniusCommon SenseHumanitySense
Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.
AgeOld AgeLongYoungOldError
I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.
MyselfPersonSayTrueMoreNever
Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.
ManWishesAnythingHappensKnows
To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.
LoveTwoLoversGodsSpectacle
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
LiveTrustYourselfYouKnowWill
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
RespectGreatYouNothingBrilliant
In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it.
NatureConnectionNeverSeeAnything
I love those who yearn for the impossible.
InspirationalLoveImpossibleWho
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
ThoughtsWorldActionThinkingEasy
The human mind will not be confined to any limits.
MindLimitsWillHumanHuman Mind
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.
ManRidiculousIntelligentEverything
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