When two people are really happy about one another one can generally assume they are mistaken.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTo know of someone here and there whom we accord with, who is living on with us, even in silence - - this makes our earthly ball a peopled garden.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheHere too itโs masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind. I grasped a lovely masked procession, And caught things from a horror showโฆ Iโd gladly settle for a false impression, If it would last a little longer, though.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe sun had, in the meanwhile, sunk behind the Ettersberg. We felt in the wood the chill of the evening, and drove all the quicker to Wiemar, and to Goethe's house. Goethe urged me to go in with him for a while, and I did so. He was in an extremely engaging mood. He talked a great deal about his theory of colors, and of his obstinate opponents; remarking that he was sure that he had done something in this science.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe