Quotes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

O, svetitelju! Tu sam vas i ceko! Zar bi vam ovo bio slucaj prvi da nesto svedocite lazno? Zar niste Boga, svet i sve sto svetom vrvi, sve sto coveku trepti u glavi i u krvi, definisali izvanredno snazno, drskoga cela, smelo, zaneseno? A kad biste valjano u sebe zagledali, morali biste priznati posteno da ste o svemu tome taman toliko znali koliko i o smrti gospodin-Svertlajnovoj.

Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain.

Wenn wir uns selbst fehlen, fehlt uns doch alles.

Si la prudencia pudiese conciliarse con la juventud, si pudiesen existir repúblicas sin virtud alguna, ¡cuán pronto vería el mundo cumplidos sus altos destinos!

Gözlerin aç?k diye gördü?ünü san?yorsun.

The spectators were expressing their sympathy in various ways, when, the officers of law having finished their ceremonial, the cart went on; and Wilhelm, who took a deep interest in the fate of the lovers, hastened forward by a foot path to get some acquaintance with the Amtmann before the procession should arrive.

A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

para mí los goces del espíritu consisten en un libro, en un hoja, en una página; sólo los libros pueden hacernos soportable y hasta deliciosa una larga noche de invierno, y hacernos llevar una dichosa vida que reanime todos nuestros miembros.

A good man apologizes for the mistakes of the past, but a great man corrects them.

So lived these two fathers, often meeting to take counsel about their common concerns. On the day we are speaking of, it had been determined to send Wilhelm out from home, for the despatch of some commercial affairs.

One must be something in order to do something.

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

Wer das erste Knopfloch verfehlt, kommt mit dem Zuknöpfen nicht zu Rande.

T?tad man bija visai maz l?dz?ts ar to, ka atbr?vojos no saviem maldiem, - sapr?ts un skaidr? spriešanas sp?ja man nodar?ja v?l liel?ku ?aunumu.

107. To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won.

Nessuno è più schiavo di colui che si ritiene libero senza esserlo

Art?k ne yönlendirilmek, ne te?vik edilmek, ne de co?turulmak istiyorum, bu yürek zaten yeterince f?rt?nal?; benim ninniye ihtiyac?m var, bunu da fazlas?yla Homeros'umda buldum.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

Blau Es ist die Farbe des Dunklen. Es ist als Farbe eine Energie und in der höchsten Reinheit ein reizendes Nichts. Es scheint zurückzuweichen (die fernen Berge sieht man blau) und zieht einen aber nach. Es ist angenehm anzusehen, es gibt ein Gefühl von Kälte und erinnert an einen Schatten. Blaue Zimmer wirken zwar weit, aber kalt und leer. Blaues Licht stimmt traurig. Wird blau von der Plusseite berührt ist dies angenehm.

Només vaig escriure poemes d'amor quan estimava. Com hauria pogut escriure cançons d'odi, sense odi? [...] Com hauria pogut jo, per a qui només tenen importància la cultura i la barbàrie, odiar una nació [la francesa] que figura entre les més cultes del món, i a la qual devia una part tan gran de la meva formació?

La vita è troppo breve per bere vini mediocri

People imagine that they can hold their own against the literary production of the world. An illusion. You dig through the centuries, through all the various corners of the universe, and nowhere are you at home. Through this game, judgement and thought lose their edge. It is simply a waste of time and strength.

Je höher ein Mensch,« sagte Goethe, »desto mehr steht er unter dem Einfluß der Dämonen, und er muß nur immer aufpassen, daß sein leitender Wille nicht auf Abwege gerate.« "The higher a man is," said Goethe, "the more he is under the influence of demons, and he must take heed lest his guiding will counsel him to a wrong path".

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.