We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection—which we have ourselves created.


The Sorrows of Young Werther (ed. Penguin UK, 2006) - ISBN: 9780141921297

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a ...

We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a ...

We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a ...

We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a ...