"Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable." ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Topic(s): Men More From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." "We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us." "The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross." More In Men "America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal – to discover and maintain liberty among men."― Woodrow Wilson "But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean."― H. P. Lovecraft "Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them."― Mason Cooley