We amuse ourselves painting our prison-walls with bright figures and brilliant landscapes.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheHere too itโs masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind. I grasped a lovely masked procession, And caught things from a horror showโฆ Iโd gladly settle for a false impression, If it would last a little longer, though.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe mark of highest originality lies in the ability to develop a familiar idea so fruitfully that it would seem no one else would ever have discovered so much to be hidden in it.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe