Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer and poet
Lived from: 1749 - 1832
Category: Writers (Contemporary) | Poets (Contemporary) Country: 
Germany
Born: 28 august 1749 Died: 22 march 1832
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When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.
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Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?
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Where there is much light, the shadow is deep.
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Whether a person shows themselves to be a genius in science or in writing a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, or the deed, is living and can live on.
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While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err.
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Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.
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Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.
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Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.
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Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
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Wisdom is found only in truth.
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Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.
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Yes! To this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew.
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You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man.
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A clever man commits no minor blunders.
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A collections of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions.
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A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.
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Before you can do something you must first be something.
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Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.
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Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.
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Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.
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