Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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To the world you might be one person, but to one person, you might be the world. Kindness is the golden chain by which our world is bound together.
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One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.
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Sound and sufficient reason falls, after all, to the share of but few men, and those few men exert their influence in silence.
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Whoever gives himself up to solitude, Ah! he is soon alone.
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Alles ist einfacher, als man denken kann, zugleich verschränkter, als zu begreifen ist.
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One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.
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Every need whose true satisfaction is denied leads by necessity to faith.
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He is a prophet and not a poet and therefore his Koran is to be seen as Divine Law, and not as a book of a human being made for education or entertainment.
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Pleasure and love are the pinions of great deeds.
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A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.
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All Nine often used to come to me, I mean the Muses:But I ignored them: my girl was in my arms.Now I’ve left my sweetheart: and they’ve left me,And I roll my eyes, seeking a knife or rope.But Heaven is full of gods: You came to aid me:Greetings, Boredom, mother of the Muse.
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For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.
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Willst du immer weiterschweifen? Sieh, das Gute liegt so nah.Lerne nur das Glück ergreifen,denn das Glück ist immer da.
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Alles Gescheite ist schon gedacht worden. Man muss nur versuchen, es noch einmal zu denken.
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Die Botschaft hör ich wohl, allein, mir fehlt der Glaube
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Colour itself is a degree of darkness.
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Da stehe ich nun, ich armer Thor!Und bin so klug als wie zuvor.
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Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis.
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Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.
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The fate of the architect is the strangest of all. How often he expends his whole soul, his whole heart and passion, to produce buildings into which he himself may never enter.
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Yes, I have finally arrived to this Capital of the World! I now see all the dreams of my youth coming to life... Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome.
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The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
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Und doch sehr oft, wenn wir uns von dem Beabsichtigten für ewig getrennt sehen, haben wir schon auf unserm Wege irgend ein anderes Wünschenswerthe gefunden, etwas uns Gemäßes, mit dem uns zu begnügen wir eigentlich geboren sind.
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The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.