Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIt is so hard that one cannot really have confidence in doctors and yet cannot do without them.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThere is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDie Mathematiker sind eine Art Franzosen. Spricht man zu ihnen, so รผbersetzen sie alles in ihre eigene Sprache, und so wird es alsobald etwas ganz anderes. Mathematicians are a kind of Frenchmen. Whenever you say anything or talk to them, they translate it into their own language, and right away it is something completely different.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe