What did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe mean by: Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany Copy
+ Thus I reel from desire to fulfillment and in fulfillment languish for desire. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Desire, Fulfillment, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ One never learns to understand truly anything but what one loves. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Learning, Love, Understanding, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ The experiences show us just as we are; they make us see our own defects. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Growth, Imperfection, Self-awareness, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods. Author, September 2, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Beauty, Divinity, Love, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Inheritance, Ownership, Renewal, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent. Read explanation Author, July 11, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Communication, Kindness, Respect, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ No skill or art is needed to grow old; the trick is to endure it. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Aging, Endurance, Skill, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Culture, Language, Understanding, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
