Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote

The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known.


The Maxims and Reflections of Goethe (ed. 1906)


The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known.

The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known.

The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known.

The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known.