In society every man is taken for what he gives himself out to be; but he must give himself out to be something. Better to be slightly disagreeable than altogether insignificant.


The Wisdom of Goethe (ed. 1883)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

In society every man is taken for what he gives himself out to be; but he must give himself out to be something. Better to be slightly disagreeable...

In society every man is taken for what he gives himself out to be; but he must give himself out to be something. Better to be slightly disagreeable...

In society every man is taken for what he gives himself out to be; but he must give himself out to be something. Better to be slightly disagreeable...

In society every man is taken for what he gives himself out to be; but he must give himself out to be something. Better to be slightly disagreeable...