Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes About Judging

• You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Loyalty, Respect, Honesty

• A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Justice, Judging, Criminals

• No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Two, Giving

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Gage (1980). “Goethe on Art”, p.5, Univ of California Press

• Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Heart, Judging, Privilege

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “The Sorrows of Young Werther: Top Classic of German”, p.32, 谷月社

• As to the value of conversions, God alone can judge. God alone can know how wide are the steps which the soul has to take before it can approach to a community with Him, to the dwelling of the perfect, or to the intercourse and friendship of higher natures.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Dwelling, Perfect, Judging

• There are three classes of readers; some enjoy without judgment; others judge without enjoyment; and some there are who judge while they enjoy, and enjoy while they judge. The latter class reproduces the work of art on which it is engaged. Its numbers are very small.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Art, Reading, Class

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.34

• Properly speaking, we learn from those books only that we cannot judge. The author of a book that I am competent to criticise would have to learn from me.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Book, Judging, Competent

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Stuart Blackie (1883). “The Wisdom of Goethe”, Edinburgh, W. Blackwood

• True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Art, Giving, Judging

• Don't judge anyone harshly until you yourself have been through his experiences

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Judging, Has Beens

• Our senses don't deceive us: our judgment does

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Judging, Doe, Judgment

• Judge a man's character by what he finds ridiculous.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Character, Men, Judging

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