What did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe mean by: To accept good advice is but to increase one’s own ability. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany Copy
+ There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one’s self on lies and fables. Read explanation Author, December 27, 2022December 25, 2024, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Integrity, Shame, Truth, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Nothing is true, but that which is simple. Read explanation Author, July 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Perception, Simplicity, Truth, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Conflict, Duality, Struggle, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Application, Retention, Studies, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Nothing is worth more than this day. Author, October 28, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Appreciation, Present, Value, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Idea and experience will never coincide in the center; only through art and action are they united. Read explanation Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Art, Experience, Idea, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ Architecture is crystallized music. Author, June 28, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Creativity, Expression, Harmony, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
+ We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for. Author, September 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Desire, Illusion, Perception, 0 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writer · Germany
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
