Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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So gewiß ist der allein glücklich und groß, der weder zu herrschen noch zu gehorchen braucht, um etwas zu sein!
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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In limitations he first shows himself the master,And the law can only bring us freedom.
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Our senses don't deceive us: our judgment does.
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Yes, my love, who soever lives, loses, . . . but he also wins.
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A distracted existence leads us to no goal.
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We who didn't inherit political power nor are made to acquire riches like nothing better than that which expands and solidifies the power of the spirit.
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The nude is the perfect expression of freedom. Freedom to be.
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Belief is not the beginning of knowledge - it is the end.
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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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There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.
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Do not, I beg you, look for anything behind phenomena. They are themselves their own lesson.
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No man learns to know his inmost nature by introspection, for he rates himself sometimes too low, and often too high, by his own measurement. Man knows himself only by comparing himself with other men; it is life that touches his genuine worth.
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To make a young couple love each other, it is only necessary to oppose and separate them.
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Yet through delivery orators succeed, I feel that I am far behind indeed.
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Whoever strenuously endeavors, him we can rescue.
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The highest cannot be spoken; it can only be acted.
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Microscopes and telescopes really confuse our minds.
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Keep not standing fixed and rooted. Briskly venture, briskly roam.
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I am what I am, so take me as I am!.
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The human mind will not be confined to any limits.
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Nothing is more damaging to a new truth than an old error.
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Every spoken word arouses our self-will.
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The most difficult thing is what is thought to be the simplest; to really see the things which are before your eyes.