https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:12:28 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/goethe-johann/44336/ https://wist.info/goethe-johann/44336/#respond Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:54:22 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=44336 In politics as on the sickbed, people toss from one side to the other, fancying that they will be more comfortable.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, statesman, scientist
Conversation with Friedrich von Müller (29 Dec 1825)
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In Biedermann, Goethes Gespräche, Gesamtausgabe, #2379 (1909). Usual variant: "In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from one side to the other, thinking they will be more comfortable." ]]> https://wist.info/goethe-johann/44336/feed/ 0 44336