What did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe mean by: Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany Copy
+ What makes poetry? A full heart, brimful of one noble passion. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heart., Passion, Poetry, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ It is equally a mistake to hold one’s self too high, or to rate one’s self too cheap. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Balance, Humility, Self-worth, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Destruction, Existence, Memory, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ The present is a powerful deity. [Ger., Die Gegenwart ist eine machtige Gottin.] Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Deity, Power, Time, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise. Read explanation Author, November 25, 2022December 25, 2024, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Equality, Praise, Self-esteem, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Then to the depths! – I could as well say height: It’s all the same. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Depth, Equality, Height, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion. Read explanation Author, November 17, 2022December 25, 2024, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Art, Religion, Science, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Humility, Identity, Self-worth, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art. Read explanation Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
