87 Quotes About Goethe

Comme les pêches et les melons sount pour la bouche d'un baron, ainsi les verges et les bâtons sont pour les fous, dit Salomon.

One hundred times have I been on the point of embracing her. Heavens! What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it. And laying hold is the most natural of human instincts. So not children touch everything they see? And I!

Ein Teil von jener Kraft, die stets das Böse will und stets das Gute schafft. -Goethe-

All theory is gray, my friend. But forever green is the tree of life.

Într-adevăr ştiu multe, dar aş vrea să ştiu totul.

k Heb jarenlang achter mijn boeken zitten zweten;en ‘k weet wel veel maar ik wil alles weten.

Oh you! The most powerful, beloved son of the Earth, shape it again! Slim, beautiful, take the orb in your hand and breathe new life.-Choir of Spirits

Da steh ich nun, ich armer Tor,und bin so klug als wie zuvor.

CHORUSGird thee for the high endeavor;Shun the crowd’s ignoble ease!Fails the spirit never,Wise to think, and prompt to seize.Goethe, Faust, Part II, act 1, 50–53