Shakespeare is dangerous to young poets; they cannot but reproduce him, while they fancy that they produce themselves.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWe are pantheists as natural scientists, polytheists as poets, and monotheists as moral beings.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMisunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe