Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Neither a work of nature nor one of art we get to know when they have been finished; we must surprise them in the process of beingcreated so as to understand them to some degree.
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Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving.
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What sort of God would it be, who only pushed from without.
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I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants.
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A phenomenon like Mozart remains an inexplicable thing.
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I believe in God and in nature and in the triumph of good over evil.
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Animals, we have been told, are taught by their organs. Yes, I would add, and so are men, but men have this further advantage that they can also teach their organs in return.
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Whoever aspiring, struggles on, for him there is salvation.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too highly his spurious worth.
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It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.
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As soon as you are in a social setting, you better take away the key to the lock of your heart and pocket it; those who leave thekey in the lock are fools.
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Passions are defects or virtues in the highest power.
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All truths are old, and all that we have to do is recognize and utter them anew.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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A wife is a gift bestowed upon a man to reconcile him to the loss of paradise.
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He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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I always seek the good that is in people and leave the bad to Him who made mankind and knows how to round off the corners.
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Let no one be like another, yet everyone like the highest. How is this done? Be each one perfect in himself.
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Nothing is worse than active ignorance.
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The day is of infinite length for him who knows how to appreciate and use it.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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A vain man can never be altogether rude. Desirous as he is of pleasing, he fashions his manners after those of others.