Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Rude Quotations

He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered.

Prudent and active men, who know their strength and use it with limit and circumspection, alone go far in the affairs of the world.

No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

Is it life, I ask, is it even prudence, To bore thyself and bore the students?

Everything we do has a result. But that which is right and prudent does not always lead to good, nor the contrary to what is bad.

I have, alas! Philosophy, Medicine, Jurisprudence too, And to my cost Theology, With ardent labor, studied through. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before.