Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.
In the original German
Unter allen Volterschaften haben die Griecher den Traum des Lebens am schonsten getraumt.
1819
★ 6.3Provenance
Current citation
Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005, no. 298.
Original citation
Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Individual Points." Ueber Kunst und Altersthum [On Art and Antiquity]. 1826, vol. 5, issue 3.
