Few people have the imagination for reality.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEMisunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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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.
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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 never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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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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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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