"The rich want good wine, the poor,..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine
More by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“Wood burns because it has the proper stuff for that purpose in it; and a man becomes renowned because he has the necessary stuff in him. Renown is not to be sought, and all pursuit of it is vain. A person may, indeed, by skillful conduct and various artificial means, make a sort of name for himself; but if the inner jewel is wanting, all is vanity, and will not last a day.”
“Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing.”
“It would be a lowly art that allowed itself to be understood all at once.”
More on Social Class
“A working class hero is something to be.”
“Somehow the revolutionaries must approach the workers because the workers won't approach them. But it's difficult to know where to start; we've all got a finger in the dam. The problem for me is that as I have become more real, I've grown away from most working-class people.”
“Nobody wants to be called common people, especially common people.”
More on Desire
“Who does not desire such a victory by which we shall join places in our Kingdom, so far divided by nature, and for which we shall set up trophies in another conquered world?”
“The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.”
“Keep right on lying to me. That's what I want you to do.”