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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: A man's foibles are what makes him lovable. A man's foibles are what makes him lovable.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: A person hears only what they understand. A person hears only what they understand.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Never by reflection, but only by doing is self- knowledge possible to one. Never by reflection, but only by doing is self- knowledge possible to one.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should. I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms. Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: What then is your duty? What the day demands. What then is your duty? What the day demands.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain. The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: I love those who yearn for the impossible. I love those who yearn for the impossible.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him. Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Science has been seriously retarded by the study of what is not worth knowing and of what is not knowable. Science has been seriously retarded by the study of what is not worth knowing and of what is not knowable.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless. All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: One glance, one word from you gives more pleasure than all the wisdom of this world. One glance, one word from you gives more pleasure than all the wisdom of this world.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united. It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love. Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: And with a measured haste propelYourselves from heaven through the world to hell. And with a measured haste propel
Yourselves from heaven through the world to hell.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: The highest happiness, the purest joys of life, wear out at last. The highest happiness, the purest joys of life, wear out at last.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Everything is both simpler than we can imagine and more entangled than we can conceive. Everything is both simpler than we can imagine and more entangled than we can conceive.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: One says a lot in vain, refusing; The other mainly hears the No. One says a lot in vain, refusing; The other mainly hears the No.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Men in a state of nature, uncivilized nations, children, have a great fondness for colors in their utmost brightness, and especially for yellow-red. Men in a state of nature, uncivilized nations, children, have a great fondness for colors in their utmost brightness, and especially for yellow-red.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Our wishes are presentiments of the abilities that lie in us, harbingers of what we will be able to accomplish. Our wishes are presentiments of the abilities that lie in us, harbingers of what we will be able to accomplish.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: The happiest man is the one who finds happiness at home. The happiest man is the one who finds happiness at home.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Love does not dominate; it cultivates. Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice. A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: If ever the Divine appeared on earth, it was in the person of Christ. If ever the Divine appeared on earth, it was in the person of Christ.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: There are men who love their like and seek it; others love their opposite and follow after it. There are men who love their like and seek it; others love their opposite and follow after it.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior. There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours Weeping, and watching for the morrow,- He knows you not, ye heavenly Powers. Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours Weeping, and watching for the morrow,- He knows you not, ye heavenly Powers.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: What we do not understand we do not possess. What we do not understand we do not possess.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Where I cannot be moral, my power is gone. Where I cannot be moral, my power is gone.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Those who have never seen themselves surrounded on all sides by the sea can never possess an idea of the world, and of their relation to it. Those who have never seen themselves surrounded on all sides by the sea can never possess an idea of the world, and of their relation to it.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult. To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: The new vulcanism is really a daring attempt to connect the present, incomprehensible world to a past, unknown one. The new vulcanism is really a daring attempt to connect the present, incomprehensible world to a past, unknown one.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: When we have lost ourselves, we have lost everything. When we have lost ourselves, we have lost everything.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: He who can not learn to love must flatter. He who can not learn to love must flatter.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message. One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Each traveler should know what he has to see, and what properly belongs to him, on a journey. Each traveler should know what he has to see, and what properly belongs to him, on a journey.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Where a man has a passion for meditating without the capacity of thinking, a particular idea fixes itself fast, and soon creates a mental disease. Where a man has a passion for meditating without the capacity of thinking, a particular idea fixes itself fast, and soon creates a mental disease.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Age merely shows what children we remain. Age merely shows what children we remain.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: It is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed. It is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent. A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: What one has wished for in youth, in old age one has in abundance. What one has wished for in youth, in old age one has in abundance.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: The eternal feminine draws us up. The eternal feminine draws us up.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Beauty can never really understand itself. Beauty can never really understand itself.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Nothing is so hard to bear as a train of happy days Nothing is so hard to bear as a train of happy days
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: We must be young to do great things. We must be young to do great things.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: I let everyone follow his own bent, that I may be free to follow mine. I let everyone follow his own bent, that I may be free to follow mine.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Time is my estate: to Time I'm heir. Time is my estate: to Time I'm heir.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: A true German can't stand the French, Yet willingly he drinks their wines. A true German can't stand the French,
Yet willingly he drinks their wines.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Tolerance comes of age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other. Tolerance comes of age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Everything we do has a result. But that which is right and prudent does not always lead to good, nor the contrary to what is bad. Everything we do has a result. But that which is right and prudent does not always lead to good, nor the contrary to what is bad.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Modern poets add a lot of water to their ink. Modern poets add a lot of water to their ink.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Every one has something in his nature which, if he were to express it openly, would of necessity give offence. Every one has something in his nature which, if he were to express it openly, would of necessity give offence.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: What is predestination? Answer: God is more powerful and wiser than we are, therefore he deals with us according to his pleasure. What is predestination? Answer: God is more powerful and wiser than we are, therefore he deals with us according to his pleasure.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Whoso is content with pure experience and acts upon it has enough of truth. Whoso is content with pure experience and acts upon it has enough of truth.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it. That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature. True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: If nature is your teacher, your soul will awaken. If nature is your teacher, your soul will awaken.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: The things I know, every man can know, but, oh, my heart is mine alone! The things I know, every man can know, but, oh, my heart is mine alone!
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Enjoy what you can, endure what you must. Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life. The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is. Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Du hast so viele Leben, wie du Sprachen sprichst. (You have as many lives as the number of languages you speak.) Du hast so viele Leben, wie du Sprachen sprichst. (You have as many lives as the number of languages you speak.)
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Life's objective is life itself. Life's objective is life itself.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Let your trouble be Light will follow dark Though the heaven falls You may hear the lark. Let your trouble be Light will follow dark Though the heaven falls You may hear the lark.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age. The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Two things children shall receive from their parents: roots and wings Two things children shall receive from their parents: roots and wings
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Enthusiasm is of the greatest value, so long as we are not carried away by it. Enthusiasm is of the greatest value, so long as we are not carried away by it.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: He is the happiest man who can see the connection between the end and the beginning of life. He is the happiest man who can see the connection between the end and the beginning of life.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed. We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: If you wish a wise answer, you must put a rational question. If you wish a wise answer, you must put a rational question.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Memory extends as far as our self-interest. Memory extends as far as our self-interest.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Our hands we open of our own free will, and the good flies, which we can never recall. Our hands we open of our own free will, and the good flies, which we can never recall.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: When two men quarrel, who owns the cooler head is the more to blame. When two men quarrel, who owns the cooler head is the more to blame.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: For those ashamed of him Cupid reserves the bitterest passions. For those ashamed of him Cupid reserves the bitterest passions.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: The written word has this advantage, that it lasts and can await the time when it is allowed to take effect. The written word has this advantage, that it lasts and can await the time when it is allowed to take effect.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Who are you then?" "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good. Who are you then?"
"I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Few men have imagination enough for reality. Few men have imagination enough for reality.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: It's in the anomalies that nature reveals its secrets. It's in the anomalies that nature reveals its secrets.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: 4Often do I strive to allay the burningfever of my blood; and you have never witnessed anything sounsteady, so uncertain, as my heart. 4Often do I strive to allay the burning
fever of my blood; and you have never witnessed anything so
unsteady, so uncertain, as my heart.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: There is a politeness of the heart; this is closely allied to love. There is a politeness of the heart; this is closely allied to love.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: All things transient are but a parable. All things transient are but a parable.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction. Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going. One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Everything is simpler than one can imagine, and yet complicated and inter-twined beyond comprehension. Everything is simpler than one can imagine, and yet complicated and inter-twined beyond comprehension.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods. To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains. The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: For the nature of women is closely allied to art For the nature of women is closely allied to art
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: We rather confess our moral errors, faults, and crimes than our ignorance. We rather confess our moral errors, faults, and crimes than our ignorance.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Those who make use of devotion as a means and end generally are hypocrites. Those who make use of devotion as a means and end generally are hypocrites.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: We talk too much. We should talk less and draw more. We talk too much. We should talk less and draw more.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given; The dearest child of Faith is Miracle. Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given; The dearest child of Faith is Miracle.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed. Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him. It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe quotes: You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song. You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song.

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