Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote

The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honour or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.


The Sorrows of Young Werther [Die Leiden des jungen Werthers] (1774)


The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honour or whatever else in deference to the wishes of...

The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honour or whatever else in deference to the wishes of...

The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honour or whatever else in deference to the wishes of...

The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honour or whatever else in deference to the wishes of...