Quotes by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
German writer and poet
Alive from: 1749-1832
Category: Poets (Contemporary) | Writers (Contemporary) | CountryFrans
Quotes 31 till 45 of 321.
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A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations.
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A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
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Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
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Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
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All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.
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All truly wise thoughts have been thoughts already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience.
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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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Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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