1489 quotes by
523 authors in
126 categories

Search for a word
or phrase:


Or choose an author or a topic:
 
topic author
In Association with Amazon.co.uk
Books with Quotes
Books with Aphorisms
Quotation Ring Homepage, including joining info Next site in the Quotation Ring A random Quotation Ring site View a list of all Quotation Ring sites Quotation Ring
❝My philosophy
like colour TV
is all there
in black and white❞
Monty Python
quote

Quotes, Aphorisms, Laws, and Thoughts


Picture of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe at age 69, painted 1828 by Joseph Karl Stieler.

66Only two quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe99

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 - 22 March 1832) was a German writer and polymath. Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, philosophy, pantheism, and science. His magnum opus, lauded as one of the peaks of world literature, is the two-part drama Faust. Goethe's other well-known literary works include his numerous poems, the Bildungsroman Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther.

❝Nothing is more terrifying than ignorance in action.❞ [+]

❝When ideas fail, words can come in handy.❞ [+]

The author info and picture are from Wikipedia, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

5,232,863 visitors since March 23rd, 2001
Compiled and edited by
Luis de Avendaño
Comments, amendments, suggestions and corrections to

This page layout was last updated on Sunday, June 9th, 2019 at 10:18am CEST (Europe/Madrid).

Section 30(1) of the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 allows "fair dealing" with a copyright work for the purpose of criticism or review, provided that it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.
Under the fair use doctrine of the U.S. copyright statute, it is permissible to use limited portions of a work including quotes, for purposes such as commentary, criticism, news reporting, and scholarly reports. There are no legal rules permitting the use of a specific number of words, a certain number of musical notes, or percentages of a work. Whether a particular use qualifies as fair use depends on all the circumstances. See Circular 21 and FL 102. (From the US Copyright Office FAQ.)