Superstition is the poetry of life. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Superstition is the poetry of life.
In the original German
Der Aberglaube ist die Poesie des Lebens.
1823
★ 2.1Provenance
Current citation
Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "From Art and Antiquity: Vol IV, Issue 2: Own and Assimilated Material (1823)." Maxims and Reflections, edited by Peter Hutchinson, translated by Elisabeth Stopp. Penguin Classics, 1999.
Original citation
Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Own and Assimilated Material." Über Kunst und Altertum [On Art and Antiquity]. 1823, vol. 4, issue 2.