All Theory, My Friend, Is

What Am I Then...? Everything That I Have Seen, Heard, And Observed I Have Collected And Exploited. My Works Have Been Nourished By Countless Different Individuals, By Innocent And Wise Ones, People Of Intelligence And Dunces. Childhood, Maturity And Old Age All Have Brought Me Their Thoughts....their Perspectives On Life. I Have Often Reaped What Others Have Sowed. My Work Is The Work Of A Collective Being That Bears The Name Goethe.

It Is Better To Be Deceived By One's Friends Than To Deceive Them.

If God Had Wanted Me Otherwise, He Would Have Created Me Otherwise.

The Style Of An Author Is A Faithful Copy Of His Mind.

We Don't Get To Know People When They Come To Us; We Must Go To Them To Find Out What They Are Like.