I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWhat a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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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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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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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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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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