When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash.


Letter to Johann Kaspar Lavatar (6 March 1780)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove...

When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove...

When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove...

When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove...