Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on fame
“The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.”
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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Aurora RaineAurora Raine Not everyone takes every opportunity that comes their way because it takes a lot of work.
Edgar DoucetEdgar Doucet I could never love her, the fear of losing would be too strong.
AtticusAtticus The lack of influence or power is more dangerous than worrying about things being reduced to nothingness.
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Megan FoxMegan Fox The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
HeraclitusHeraclitus People just assume that if you’re famous, you’re in Hollywood.
Megan FoxMegan Fox What people don’t realize is that fame, whatever your worst experience in high school, when you were being bullied by those ten kids in high school, fame is that, but on a global scale, where you’re being bullied by millions of people constantly.
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