Authority - the fact, namely, that something has already happened or been said or decided, is of great value; but it is only a pedant who demands authority for everything.


Translated by Thomas Bailey Saunders, The Maxims and Reflections of Goethe, 535 (p. 188)

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Authority - the fact, namely, that something has already happened or been said or decided, is of great value; but it is only a pedant who demands...

Authority - the fact, namely, that something has already happened or been said or decided, is of great value; but it is only a pedant who demands...

Authority - the fact, namely, that something has already happened or been said or decided, is of great value; but it is only a pedant who demands...

Authority - the fact, namely, that something has already happened or been said or decided, is of great value; but it is only a pedant who demands...