Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHENothing is more dangerous than solitude.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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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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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
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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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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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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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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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