Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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Everything factual is, in a sense, theory. The blue of the sky exhibits the basic laws of chromatics. There is no sense in looking for something behind phenomena: they are theory.
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In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
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Alles ist einfacher, als man denken kann, zugleich verschränkter, als zu begreifen ist.
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To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.
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Of all peoples, the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.
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A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.
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No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?
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Da stehe ich nun, ich armer Thor!Und bin so klug als wie zuvor.
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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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For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.
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A world without love would be no world.
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Much there is I can stand. Most things not easy to sufferI bear with quiet resolve, just as a God commands it.Only a few things I find as repugnant as snakes and poison.These four: tobacco smoke, bedbugs and garlic and Christ.
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Alles Gescheite ist schon gedacht worden. Man muss nur versuchen, es noch einmal zu denken.
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The best slave is the one who thinks he is free.
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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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One man's word is no man's word; we should quietly hear both sides.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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If I work incessantly to the last, nature owes me another form of existence when the present one collapses.
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Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome. Every beginning is cheerful: the threshold is the place of expectation.
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One can't dull a project better than by discussing it repeatedly.
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For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.
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Die Liebe herrscht nicht, aber sie bildet; und das ist mehr!
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Nothing is so atrocious as fancy without taste.