Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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A man is really alive only when he delights in the good-will of others.
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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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Getting along with women, Knocking around with men, Having more credit than money, Thus one goes through the world.
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Ein unnütz Leben ist ein früher Tod...
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Unter allen Völkerschaften haben die Griechen den Traum des Lebens am schönsten geträumt.
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Man darf nur alt werden, um milder zu sein; ich sehe keinen Fehler begehen, den ich nicht auch begangen hätte.
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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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For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.
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Ich bedauere die Menschen, welche von der Vergänglichkeit der Dinge viel Wesens machen und sich in Betrachtung irdischer Nichtigkeit verlieren. Sind wir ja eben deßhalb da, um das Vergängliche unvergänglich zu machen; das kann ja nur dadurch geschehen, wenn man beides zu schätzen weiß.
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Nothing is so atrocious as fancy without taste.
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Die Wahrheit widerspricht unserer Natur, der Irrthum nicht, und zwar aus einem sehr einfachen Grunde: die Wahrheit fordert, daß wir uns für beschränkt erkennen follen, der Irrthum schmeichelt uns. wir seien auf ein- oder die andere Weise unbegränzt.
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Of all peoples, the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.
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Pleasure and love are the pinions of great deeds.
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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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In limitations he first shows himself the master,And the law can only bring us freedom.
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Once a man's thirty, he's already old,He is indeed as good as dead.It's best to kill him right away.
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Tränenreiche Männer sind gut. Verlasse mich jeder, der trocknen Herzens, trockner Augen ist!
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Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
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There's nothing clever that hasn't been thought of before - you've just got to try to think it all over again.
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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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Modern poets add a lot of water to their ink.
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Hypotheses are scaffoldings erected in front of a building and then dismantled when the building is finished. They are indispensable for the workman; but you mustn't mistake the scaffolding for the building.
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We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.