It is well for us that man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic.


Elective Affinities (1809)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

It is well for us that man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves...

It is well for us that man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves...

It is well for us that man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves...

It is well for us that man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves...