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Famous Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
“A wife is a gift bestowed upon a man to reconcile him to the loss of paradise.”
Source: Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann
Source: Conversations of Goethe with Eckermann and Soret
“He is a man whom it is impossible to please, because he is never pleased with himself.”
Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther ; Elective Affinities ; Novella
“All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless.”
Source: Criticisms, Reflections, and Maxims of Goethe
“In all times it is only individuals that have advanced science, not the age.”