Quote #3
If you inquire what the people are like here, I must answer, 'The same as everywhere!'
More from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- One lives but once in the world.
- Getting along with women, Knocking around with men, Having more credit than money, Thus one goes through the world.
- There is strong shadow where there is much light.
- When young one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to re…
- Noble be man, Helpful and good! For that alone Sets hims apart From every other creature On earth.
- In der Kunst ist das Beste gut genug.
- A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.
- A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.