Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.
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When one is polite in German, one lies.
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Alles Gescheite ist schon gedacht worden. Man muss nur versuchen, es noch einmal zu denken.
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One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.
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A man is really alive only when he delights in the good-will of others.
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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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Mehr Licht!
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You really only know when you know little. Doubt grows with knowledge.
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A joy shared is a joy doubled.
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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 man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
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Of all peoples, the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.
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When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash.
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A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one single good action, for one single good poem, accomplishes more than he who fills our memory with rows on rows of natural objects, classified with name and form.
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A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.
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For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.
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Tränenreiche Männer sind gut. Verlasse mich jeder, der trocknen Herzens, trockner Augen ist!
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Nothing is so atrocious as fancy without taste.
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Pleasure and love are the pinions of great deeds.
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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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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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The one who always strives, That one can be redeemed.
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Die Welt ist so leer, wenn man nur Berge, Flüsse und Städte darin denkt, aber hie und da jemand zu wissen, der mit uns übereinstimmt, mit dem wir auch stillschweigend fortleben, das macht uns dieses Erdenrund erst zu einem bewohnten Garten.
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Time itself is an element.