Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote

To appear at church every Sunday; to look down upon, and let himself be looked at for an hour by the congregation, is the best means of becoming popular which can be recommended to a young sovereign.


Conversations with Goethe in the Last Years of His Life (ed. 1839)


To appear at church every Sunday; to look down upon, and let himself be looked at for an hour by the congregation, is the best means of becoming...

To appear at church every Sunday; to look down upon, and let himself be looked at for an hour by the congregation, is the best means of becoming...

To appear at church every Sunday; to look down upon, and let himself be looked at for an hour by the congregation, is the best means of becoming...

To appear at church every Sunday; to look down upon, and let himself be looked at for an hour by the congregation, is the best means of becoming...