WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/goethe-johann/36052/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Goethe</b></a></p><blockquote>Every man hears only what he understands.<br> <br><i>[Es hört doch jeder nur, was er versteht.]</i></blockquote><p><b>Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</b> (1749-1832) German poet, statesman, scientist<br><i>Sprüche in Prosa: Maximen und Reflexionen [Proverbs in Prose: Maxims and Reflections] </i>(1833) [tr. Saunders (1893), “Life and Character,” #383]</p> <p>Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: <a href="https://wist.info/goethe-johann/36052/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/goethe-johann/36052/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=Goethe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Goethe</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=comprehension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comprehension</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=conversation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conversation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hearing</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=listen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>listen</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=listening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>listening</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=message" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>message</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perspective</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reality</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=subjectivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subjectivity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=understanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>understanding</span></a></p>