Sublime

Character calls forth character.

Now of all the great writers of the world, Goethe is admittedly the greatest teacher. He is essentially and frankly didactic; and nowhere is there so large and worthy a body of literature from a single pen which is informed with so high and so serious a purpose.

I profoundly believe that, rather than read what has been written on Goethe, it is very much better to read Goethe himself.

tandis que celle de Goethe suit une trajectoire nette et bien définie. Goethe est profondément enraciné et ses racines s’étendent sans cesse en largeur et en profondeur. Il a épouse, enfants et petits-enfants, des femmes embellissent sa vie, des amis peu nombreux mais sûrs ne le quittent pas. Il habite une maison spacieuse et confortable qui se rem

It is failings that show human nature, and merits that distinguish the individual; faults and misfortunes we all have in common; virtues belong to each one separately.

active scepticism;