We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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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 person hears only what they understand.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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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.
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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