What did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe mean by: Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany Copy
+ Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down Read explanation Author, June 1, 2023December 25, 2024, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Adversity, Ambition, Resilience, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ The best benefit we derive from history is the enthusiasm it excites. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Appreciation, Inspiration, Knowledge, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform. Read explanation Author, July 21, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Conformity, Necessity, Will, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ True happiness springs from moderation. Author, October 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Balance, Contentment, Moderation, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Ignorance, Language, Self-awareness, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Is it life, I ask, is it even prudence, To bore thyself and bore the students? Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Boredom, Life, Prudence, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at. Read explanation Author, January 31, 2023December 25, 2024, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Character, Humor, Perception, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist. Read explanation Author, July 11, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Respect, Rivalry, Strategy, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it. Francois Fenelon Poet · France
