Quotes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but not for a serious-minded man to marry a lighthearted woman.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than book or orator.

No words are necessary between two loving hearts

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved as much before, and that no one will ever love in the same way again.

The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him, their own selves, their version of him.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they are mistaken.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.