Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: What wise or stupid thing can man conceive That was not thought of in ages long ago?

What wise or stupid thing can man conceive That was not thought of in ages long — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What wise or stupid thing can man conceive That was not thought of in ages long ago?

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Die Liebe herrscht nicht, aber sie bildet; und das ist mehr! — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ein unnütz Leben ist ein früher Tod... — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
So gewiß ist der allein glücklich und groß, der weder zu herrschen noch zu gehor — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nichts ist höher schätzen als der Werth des Tages. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Path is not far from man. When men try to pursue a course, which is far from — Confucius
Wisdom is the daughter of experience. — Leonardo da Vinci
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life—in a firmness of mind — Seneca the Younger
It takes finishing 490 books for one to achieve wisdom. — Midnight Light
But Thy most dreaded instrument In working out a pure intent, Is man,—arrayed fo — William Wordsworth
When the strongest began to fight for the tribe, and the fastest to hunt, it was — spoken by Tristan Tzara in Tom Stoppard 's Travesties
They can expect nothing but their labour for their pains. — Miguel de Cervantes
I am as one who is left alone at a banquet, the lights dead and the flowers fade — Edward Bulwer-Lytton