Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
We rather confess our moral errors, faults, and crimes than our ignorance.
Quotes to Explore
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Anonymity breeds meanness.
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The wealthiest Americans often live as though they and their children had nothing to gain from investments in education, infrastructure, clean-energy, and scientific research.
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If you look at all the sports in China, the government is extremely involved and they are extremely proud of their athlete.
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I am in a charity out there to stop violence against women.
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Who was that fatman buried in your place? Just another imitator, plastic surgeons did his face.
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There were so many layers of reality to the world. Nothing stopped for death; nothing stopped for grief or horror or tragedy.
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American politics is always somewhat fluid. In this age of social media, it means that voters can swing back and forth.
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Thought is fugitive; the mind does not repeat itself; if you do not catch the whisperings of the oracle as they come to you, they are lost forever. You must-and this is absolutely essential-convince yourselves that what is offered you this very moment will never be offered again.
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Laundry's easier when you live alone. Fifteen minutes before a date, put 'em on, dry 'em with a hair blower.
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We were told we should not pay any attention to John Roberts views and religion and now we are told that opinions and religion do matter. I believe there is a degree of sexism here. . .and ivy league prejudice going on here.
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No more soul-destroying doctrine could well be devised than the doctrine that sinners can regenerate themselves, and repent and believe just when they please.
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When you make mistakes, whether they are from this life or another, learn from them- then they become opportunities
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Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
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'Tis true that governments cannot be supported without great charge, and it is fit everyone who enjoys a share of protection should pay out of his estate his proportion of the maintenance of it.
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To one bent on age, death will come as a release. I feel this quite strongly now that I have grown old myself and have come to regard death like an old debt, at long last to be discharged.
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The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.
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The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want.
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Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye.
