 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1839 - 450 trang
...idea of such greatness ; we must return from time to time, and renew the impression from the work. " People are always talking about originality ; but...we are born, the world begins to work upon us, and keeps on to the end. What can we call ours, except energy, strength, will 1 If I could give an account... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann - 1850 - 472 trang
...within ourselves ; we must therefore return to them from time to time, and renew our impressions. " People are always talking about originality ; but...will ? If I could give an account of all that I owe to great predecessors and contemporaries, there would be but a small balance in my favour. " However,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1851 - 606 trang
...without repeated efforts, a thing which never presents itself to the mind. " People," said the old man, " are always talking about originality; but what do...? As soon as we are born the world begins to work on us and keeps on to the end. What can we call ours except energy, strength, and will? If I could... | |
 | 1851 - 778 trang
...•without repeated efforts, a thing which never presents itself to the mind. "People," said the old man, " are always talking about originality; but what do...mean? As soon as we are born the world begins to work on us and keeps on to the end. What can we call ours except energy, strength, and will ? If I could... | |
 | University magazine - 1851 - 796 trang
...without repeated efforts, a thing which never presents itself to the mind. "People," said the old man, " are always talking about originality; but what do...mean? As soon as we are born the world begins to work on us and keeps on to the end. What can we call ours except energy, strength, and will ? If I could... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 trang
...Goldsmith. ORIGIN ALITY-Meaning of. People are always talking about originality ; but what do they mean 1 As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon...we call our own, except energy, strength, and will Ï If I could give an account of all that I owe to great predecessors and contemporaries, there would... | |
 | 1879 - 690 trang
...as a sign how little we know, and to show that it is not good to meddle with divine mysteries. ' ' People are always talking about originality ; but...will? If I could give an account of all that I owe to great predecessors and contemporaries, there would be but a small balance in my favour. ' ' Everywhere... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 trang
...As the beams to a house, as the bones to the microcosm of man, so is order to all things. SOUTIIEY. d` Y to great predecessors and contemporaries, there would be but a small balance in my favour. GOETHE.... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Stuart Blackie - 1883 - 344 trang
...mind resolutely, in order to find some compensation for the featureless tameness of the outer world. Originality. People are always talking about originality...will ? If I could give an account of all that I owe to great predecessors and contemporaries, there would be but a small balance in my favour. However,... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1883 - 884 trang
...within ourselves ; we must therefore return to them from time to time, and renew our impressions. " People are always talking about originality ; but...they mean ? As soon as we are born, the world begins J to work upon us, and this goes on to the end. And, after ^ all, what can we call our own except energy,... | |
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People are always talking about originality ; but what do they mean ? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end. And, after all, what can we call our own except energy, strength, and will ? If I could give an... 
