Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Men are much more apt to agree in what they do than in what they think.
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Whoever aspiring, struggles on, for him there is salvation.
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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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Tell me with whom you associate, and I will tell you who you are.
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There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
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It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.
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If thou wouldst hear what seemly is and fit, inquire of noble woman; they can tell, who in life's common usage hold their place by graceful deed and aptly chosen word.
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Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.
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I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tighrope dancer so that no incompetent would dare step upon it.
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The trouble is small, the fun is great.
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There is but one poetry-true poetry.
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For the butterfly, mating and propagation involve the sacrifice of life, for the human being, the sacrifice of beauty.
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The soul of the Christian religion is reverence.
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Over all the mountain tops is peace.
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The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist.
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If you inquire what people are like here, I must answer, "The same as everywhere."
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No limit, no definition, may restrict the range or depth of the human spirit's passage into its own secrets or the world's.
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When you lose interest in anything, you also lose the memory for it.
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Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea.
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When toward the Devil's Hose we tread, Woman's a thousand steps behind.
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He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line.
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All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel independent.
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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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Faith is hidden household capital.