There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEAs soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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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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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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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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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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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.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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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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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and – if at all possible – speak a few sensible words.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
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