There is no trifling with nature; it is always true, grave, and severe; it is always in the light, and the faults and errors fall to our share. It defies incompetency, but reveals its secrets to the competent, the truthful, and the pure.


Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art (ed. 1853)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

There is no trifling with nature; it is always true, grave, and severe; it is always in the light, and the faults and errors fall to our share. It...

There is no trifling with nature; it is always true, grave, and severe; it is always in the light, and the faults and errors fall to our share. It...

There is no trifling with nature; it is always true, grave, and severe; it is always in the light, and the faults and errors fall to our share. It...

There is no trifling with nature; it is always true, grave, and severe; it is always in the light, and the faults and errors fall to our share. It...