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

  • Every situation, every moment - is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.

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  • A person hears only what they understand.
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  • A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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  • Ambition and love are the wings to great deeds.
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  • A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.
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  • Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
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  • A useless life is an early death.
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  • A purpose you impart is no longer your own.
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  • Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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  • A distracted existence leads us to no goal.
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  • As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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  • Doubt can only be removed by action.
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  • Stupidity is without anxiety.
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  • A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.
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  • Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
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  • People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them.
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  • All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
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  • Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
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  • Don't dissipate your powers; strive to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it will surely repent of every ill-judged outlay.
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  • Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.
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  • Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.
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