I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated, Especially since it lives and lets me live.
Johann Wolfgang von GoethePeople will allow their faults to be shown them; they will let themselves be punished for them; they will patiently endure many things because of them; they only become impatient when they have to lay them aside.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish; the impressions remain flat and unconnected in the soul. Thus they are easily led by the opinions of others, are content to let their impressions be shuffled and rearranged and evaluated differently.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe