Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote

I have often felt a bitter sorrow at the thought of the German people, which is so estimable in the individual and so wretched in the generality. A comparison of the German people with other peoples arouses a painful feeling, which I try to overcome in every possible way.


Goethes Gespraeche (December 13, 1813)


I have often felt a bitter sorrow at the thought of the German people, which is so estimable in the individual and so wretched in the generality. A...

I have often felt a bitter sorrow at the thought of the German people, which is so estimable in the individual and so wretched in the generality. A...

I have often felt a bitter sorrow at the thought of the German people, which is so estimable in the individual and so wretched in the generality. A...

I have often felt a bitter sorrow at the thought of the German people, which is so estimable in the individual and so wretched in the generality. A...