There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEHe who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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