Quotes by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

German writer and poet

Alive from: 1749-1832

Category: Poets (Contemporary) | Writers (Contemporary) | CountryFrans

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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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  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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  A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

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  As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

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  Stupidity is without anxiety.

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  Doubt can only be removed by action.

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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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  A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.

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  All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.