Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote

Just as, out of habit, one consults a run-down clock as though it were still going, so too one may look at the face of a beautiful woman as though she were still in love.


Maxim 246, trans. Stopp - Maxims and Reflections (1833)


Just as, out of habit, one consults a run-down clock as though it were still going, so too one may look at the face of a beautiful woman as though...

Just as, out of habit, one consults a run-down clock as though it were still going, so too one may look at the face of a beautiful woman as though...

Just as, out of habit, one consults a run-down clock as though it were still going, so too one may look at the face of a beautiful woman as though...

Just as, out of habit, one consults a run-down clock as though it were still going, so too one may look at the face of a beautiful woman as though...