I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEKnow thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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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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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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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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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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