When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it's alive; then they have the parts and the'be lost the whole, for the link that's missing was the living soul.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf man thinks about his physical or moral state he usually discovers that he is ill.
Johann Wolfgang von GoethePaternity is based anyhow only upon conviction: I am convinced, therefore, I am the father.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTaste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. I therefore show you only the best works; and when you are grounded in these, you will have a standard for the rest, which you will know how to value, without overrating them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe