Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes About Greatness

• The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Greatness, Safety, Risk

• A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Taken, Greatness, Men

• To make an epoch in the world, two conditions are manifestly essential-a good head and a great inheritance.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Greatness, Two, Essentials

• The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Greatness, Men, World

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.115

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