What did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe mean by: Love can do much, but duty more. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany Copy
+ Reasonable men are the best dictionaries of conversation. Read explanation Author, August 2, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Communication, Reason, Understanding, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ The smallest hair throws its shadow. [Ger., Das kleinste Harr wirft seinen Schatten.] Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Awareness, Perception, Significance, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Mystery is truth’s dancing partner. Author, September 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Mystery, Partnership, Truth, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming. Read explanation Author, July 20, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Impermanence, Loss, Time, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ It is so hard that one cannot really have confidence in doctors and yet cannot do without them. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Dependence, Distrust, Healthcare, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality. Read explanation Author, November 20, 2022December 25, 2024, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Defects, Individuality, Necessity, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Action, Conscience, Contemplation, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ The eternal feminine doth draw us upward. [Ger., Das Ewig-Weibliche zieht uns hinan.] Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Femininity, Inspiration, Transcendence, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
