Quote of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Oh, that simplicity and innocence never...
Biography - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
German writer and statesman.
Born: 1749 - Died: 1832
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Born: 1749 - Died: 1832
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Oh, that simplicity and innocence never recognise themselves and their sacred value!
Note
Source: Faust: A Tragedy
Translation
(German, French)
See also...
Quotes about simplicity:
Out of clutter find simplicity ; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
Quotes for: value
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
There is no sense in life a priori. Life is nothing until it is lived; but it is yours to make sense of, and the value of it is nothing else but the sense that you choose.
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