Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
What man does not know, Or has not thought of, Wanders in the night Through the labyrinth of the mind.
Quotes to Explore
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A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
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I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
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I wonder if there'll ever be a time where you're not judged by your appearance. It seems that wherever you've got to, your appearance is always discussed. It's never said about men. We talk about a man's charisma, not his looks.
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The goal of Dr. Martin Luther King is to give Negroes a chance to sit in a segregated restaurant beside the same white man who had brutalized them for 400 years.
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Desire is the very essence of man.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
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I don't think that acting is as youth-obsessed as the general culture. In acting, as you get older, you get better, and the parts you get improve, too. But that's only true for a man, not a woman.
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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman - not me, not Bill, nobody - more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America.
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
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It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.
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There is no god, so how can I consider myself a god? God is the greatest lie invented by man.
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What we prefer to do is operate our investment bank in a way that is like what investment banks used to be, which is a middle man - someone who is here to match people who need capital with people who have capital - and not position ourselves at the center of that by taking big positions on a trading stance.
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The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions, to see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms.
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Acting is such a crazy industry, but kite boarding keeps me grounded.
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From the age of 11, I was cleaning floors, washing dishes, making sandwiches and being a cashier. Survival was the name of the game. Life was so hard that I had to struggle to keep up my standards. Under these conditions, I didn't think about science too much.
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If a man prays to Thee with a yearning heart, he can reach Thee, through Thy grace, by any path.
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What man does not know, Or has not thought of, Wanders in the night Through the labyrinth of the mind.
