Maxioms by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
No one would talk much in society, if he knew how often he misunderstands others.
No one would talk much in society, if he knew how often he misunderstands others.
He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should read more
He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.
Too rigid scruples are concealed pride.
[Ger., Zu strenge Ford'rung ist verborgner Stolz.]
Too rigid scruples are concealed pride.
[Ger., Zu strenge Ford'rung ist verborgner Stolz.]
