Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quote

Science has been seriously retarded by the study of what is not worth knowing and of what is not knowable.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quote

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quote

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quote

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quote

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quote

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quote

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quote

Biography

German poet, novelist and playwright, 1749 - 1832