Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make read more

The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image

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

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

Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.

Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.

A vi'let on the meadow grew,
That no one saw, that no one knew,
It was a read more

A vi'let on the meadow grew,
That no one saw, that no one knew,
It was a modest flower.
A shepherdess pass'd by that way--
Light footed, pretty and so gay;
That way she came,
Softly warbling forth her lay.