Confronted by outstanding merit, there is no way of saving one's ego except by love
Johann Wolfgang von GoethePeople will allow their faults to be shown them; they will let themselves be punished for them; they will patiently endure many things because of them; they only become impatient when they have to lay them aside.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheNature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheNapoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe