The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Literature Quotes, Nations Quotes

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

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

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

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind...

Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind...

They can gas me, but I am famous. I have achieved in one day what...

They can gas me, but I am famous. I have achieved in one day what...