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Famous Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Source: The Wisdom of Goethe
“If you lay duties upon people and give them no rights, you must pay them well.”
Source: Maxims and Reflections
“The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.”
“There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.”
Source: Elective Affinities
“A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.”
“Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.”
“I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.”
“The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.”
“One usually thinks people to be more dangerous than they are.”
“It is a maxim of wise government to treat people not as they should be but as they actually are.”
“It is bad governments, not bad people, who cause revolutions.”
“A lot of people do not care about your money until nearly penniless. They also do so with time”
“If you live criticizing people, you won't have time to love them.”
“People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.”
Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther
“They should be ashamed of themselves, all these sober people!”
Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings
Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings
Source: Elective Affinities
Source: Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art