Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The universal subjugator, the commonplace.
[Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]

The universal subjugator, the commonplace.
[Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]

I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated,
Especially since it lives and lets me live.
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I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated,
Especially since it lives and lets me live.
[Ger., Ich wunschte sehr, der Menge zu behagen,
Besonders weil sie lebt und leben lasst.]

When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie.
[Ger., Wenn ich irre kann es read more

When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie.
[Ger., Wenn ich irre kann es jeder bemerken; wenn ich luge,
nicht.]

What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.

What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man almost nothing.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man almost nothing.