Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote

When we find facts within our knowledge exhibited by some new method, or even, it may be, described in a foreign language, they receive a peculiar charm of novelty and wear a fresh air.


Translated by Thomas Bailey Saunders, The Maxims and Reflections of Goethe, #526 (p. 186)


When we find facts within our knowledge exhibited by some new method, or even, it may be, described in a foreign language, they receive a peculiar...

When we find facts within our knowledge exhibited by some new method, or even, it may be, described in a foreign language, they receive a peculiar...

When we find facts within our knowledge exhibited by some new method, or even, it may be, described in a foreign language, they receive a peculiar...

When we find facts within our knowledge exhibited by some new method, or even, it may be, described in a foreign language, they receive a peculiar...