Home › Philosophy › Maxims and Reflections › 138 — 139Maxims and Reflectionsby Johann Wolfgang von Goethe53 of 234 · Contents · Download EPUB138 We all live on the past, and through the past are destroyed. 139 We are no sooner about to learn some great lesson than we take refuge in our own innate poverty of soul, and yet for all that the lesson has not been quite in vain. ‹ Previous135 · 136 — 137Next ›140 — 141123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234← Back to Maxims and Reflections