I could have never have known so well how paltry men are, and how little they care for really high aims, if I had not tested them by my scientific researches. Thus I saw that most men only care for science so far as they get a living by it, and that they worship even error when it affords them a substance.


In: Johann Peter Eckermann, Conversations with Goethe, Wednesday, October 12, 1825 (p. 119), J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1970

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

I could have never have known so well how paltry men are, and how little they care for really high aims, if I had not tested them by my scientific...

I could have never have known so well how paltry men are, and how little they care for really high aims, if I had not tested them by my scientific...

I could have never have known so well how paltry men are, and how little they care for really high aims, if I had not tested them by my scientific...

I could have never have known so well how paltry men are, and how little they care for really high aims, if I had not tested them by my scientific...