What did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe mean by: The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany Copy
+ The eternal female draws us onward. Author, September 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Desire, Femininity, Progress, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest. Author, June 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Appreciation, Hospitality, Presence, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Writing history is a method of getting rid of the past. Author, August 23, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Perspective, Revision, Transformation, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ The happiest man is the one who finds happiness at home. Read explanation Author, July 23, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Contentment, Family, Home, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Oh, happy he who still hopes he can emerge from Error’s boundless sea! – Faust. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Error, Hope, Redemption, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Man believes himself always greater than he is, and is esteemed less than he is worth. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Perception, Pride, Self-worth, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ If you don’t know foreign languages, you don’t know anything about your own. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Culture, Knowledge, Language, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ The formation of one’s character ought to be everyone’s chief aim. Read explanation Author, February 11, 2023December 25, 2024, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Aim, Character, Formation, 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
Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
