Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 10 of 179 )
To a valet no man is a hero.
[Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]
To a valet no man is a hero.
[Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]
Who never ate his bread in sorrow,
Who never spent the darksome hours
Weeping, and watching for read more
Who never ate his bread in sorrow,
Who never spent the darksome hours
Weeping, and watching for the morrow,--
He knows ye not, ye gloomy Powers.
[Ger., Wer nie sein Brod mit Thranen ass,
Wer nicht die kummervollen Nachte
Auf seinem Bette weinend sass,
Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Machte.]
Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of read more
Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of weak people who assimilate themselves, and the mass that toddles after them without knowing in the least what it wants
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
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.
Which government is best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Which government is best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.
To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.
To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.
[Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, read more
He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.
[Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt
sich.]
The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted
brights.
[Ger., Das sterbliche Geschlecht read more
The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted
brights.
[Ger., Das sterbliche Geschlecht ist viel zu schwach
In ungewohnter Hohe nicht zu schwindeln.]
