Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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When a wife has a good husband, it is easily seen on her face.
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The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to it except what it likes to hear.
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The happy do not believe in miracles.
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Passions are defects or virtues in the highest power.
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Error is to truth as sleep is to waking. I have observed that one turns, as if refreshed, from error back to truth.
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The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.
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Hold your powers together for something good and let everything go that is for you without result and is not suited to you.
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Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.
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It is one of Heaven's best gifts to hold such a dear creature in one's arms.
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This is what they all come to who exclusively harp on experience. They do not stop to consider that experience is only one half of experience.
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Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
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What is fruitful alone is true.
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The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
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One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.
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Whatever is the object of a saint's hope is the subject of his prayer.
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Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.
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Tomorrow sees undone, what happens not to-day; Still forward press, nor never tire! The possible, with steadfast trust, Resolve should be by the forelock grasp. Then she will ne'er let go her clasp, And labors on, because she must.
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In comradeship is danger countered best.
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National literature does not mean much these days; now is the age of world literature, and every one must contribute to hasten thearrival of that age.
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No one would talk much in society, if he knew how often he misunderstands others.
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Art is based on a strong sentiment of religion,--on a profound and mighty earnestness; hence it is so prone to co-operate with religion.
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What is predestination? Answer: God is more powerful and wiser than we are, therefore he deals with us according to his pleasure.
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One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.
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You'll never attain it unless you know the feeling.