Quotes by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

A useless life is an early death. >>

Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for h >>

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything els >>

Quotations about Opinions

Opinions have vested interests just as men have. >>

Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the fir >>

Public opinion is a second conscience. >>

No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von