Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Manners form the great charm of women.
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The present is a powerful deity.
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Mankind? That is an abstraction. There have always been and always will be only individuals.
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If you have a great work in your head, nothing else thrives near it; all other thoughts are repelled, and the pleasure of life itself is for the time lost.
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What is the true test of character unless it be its progressive development in the bustle and turmoil, in the action and reaction of daily life.
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I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy.
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The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist.
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There are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging, but also wings to help free them from constraints and prejudices and give them other ways to travel (or rather, to fly).
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The history of mankind is his character.
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When toward the Devil's Hose we tread, Woman's a thousand steps behind.
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Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author knows.
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Flowers are the beautiful hieroglyphics of nature with which she indicates how much she loves us.
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Do thine own task, and be therewith content.
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If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
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The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights.
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Music is so elevated that it is beyond the reach of intellect and there flows from it an influence which is all-potent, and which noone can explain.
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There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on how one looks at it.
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Let no one be ashamed to say yes today if yesterday he said no. Or to say no today if yesterday he said yes. For that is life. Never to have changed-what a pitiable thing of which to boast!
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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
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A stated truth loses its grace, but a repeated error appears insipid and ridiculous.
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The smallest hair throws its shadow.
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In all things, to serve from the lowest station upwards is necessary. To restrict yourself to a trade is best. For the narrow mind, whatever he attempts is still a trade; for the higher, an art; and the highest in doing one thing does all, or, to speak less paradoxically, in the one thing which he does rightly he sees the likeness of all that is done rightly.
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The world is full of contradiction.
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It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero.