He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEA man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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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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