No matter what one says, you can recognize only those matters that are equal to you. Only rulers who possess extraordinary abilities will recognize and esteem properly extraordinary abilities in their subjects and servants.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIgnorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDesire is the presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe