Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate! Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures, He lays for us the pillows straight.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheEvery decided colour does a certain violence to the eye, and forces the organ to opposition.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheEvery great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWho is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe