For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEHe who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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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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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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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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Leap and the net will appear.
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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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