We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.
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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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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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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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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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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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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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