Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

German writer and poet

Lived from: 1749-1832

Category: Poets (Contemporary) | Writers (Contemporary)

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Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.
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Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient.
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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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Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
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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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Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.