WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/goethe-johann/76028/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Goethe</b></a></p><blockquote>We must remember that there are many men who, without being productive, are anxious to say something important, and the results are most curious.<br> <br><i>[Man muß bedenken, daß unter den Menschen gar viele sind, die doch auch etwas Bedeutendes sagen wollen, ohne produktiv zu sein, und da kommen die wunderlichsten Dinge an den Tag.]</i></blockquote><p><b>Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</b> (1749-1832) German poet, statesman, scientist<br><i>Sprüche in Prosa: Maximen und Reflexionen [Proverbs in Prose: Maxims and Reflections]</i> (1833) [tr. Saunders (1893), “Literature and Art,” #415]</p> <p>Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: <a href="https://wist.info/goethe-johann/76028/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/goethe-johann/76028/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=goethe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goethe</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=sloth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sloth</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=somethingtosay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>somethingtosay</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>