Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote

To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won.


The Maxims and Reflections of Goethe (ed. 1906)


To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won.

To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won.

To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won.

To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won.