Quotes by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

German writer and poet

Lived from: 1749 - 1832

Category: Writers (Contemporary) | Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagGermany

Born: 28 august 1749 Died: 22 march 1832

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  • Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.
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  • Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.
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  • Be he a king or a peasant, he is happiest who finds peace at home.
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  • Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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  • Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind, and is as various as nature herself.
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  • Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image
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  • By seeking and blundering we learn.
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  • Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.
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  • Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
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  • Character develops itself in the stream of life.
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  • Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
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  • Common sense is the genius of humanity.
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  • Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.
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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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  • Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.
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  • Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
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  • Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.
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  • Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.
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  • Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by.
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  • Every author in some degree portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.
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