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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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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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The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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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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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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