Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes - page 28

Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days.... What you can do or think you can do, begin it. For boldness has magic, power, and genius in it. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Nature We are enveloped and embraced by her, incapable of emerging from her and incapable of entering her more deeply. Unbidden and unwarned, she receives us into the circuits of her dance, drifting onward with us herself, until we grow tired and drop from her arms. View quote
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Traveling is like gambling it is always connected with winning and losing, and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for. View quote
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Nature goes on her way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order. View quote
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So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent. View quote
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Commonplaceness, the surrender to the average, that good which is not bad but still the enemy of the best That is our besetting danger. View quote
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Know'st thou yesterday, its aim and reason Workst thou will today for worthier things Then calmly wait the morrows hidden season, And fear thou not, what hap soeer it brings. View quote
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No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others. View quote
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One man's word is no man's word we should quietly hear both sides. View quote
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Our passion are the true phoenixes when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes. View quote
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Choose well, your choice is brief, and yet endless. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else. View quote
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Yes to this thought I hold with firm persistence The last result of wisdom stamps it true He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew. View quote
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Who longs in solitude to live, Ah soon his wish will gain Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain. View quote
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Lamps make oil-spots and candles need snuffing it is only the light of heaven that shines pure and leaves no stain. View quote
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When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place. View quote
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One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame. View quote
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Master and Doctor are my titles for ten years now, without repose, I held my erudite recitals and led my pupils by the nose. View quote
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He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him. View quote
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If you inquire what people are like here, I must answer, 'The same as everywhere.' View quote
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Genius develops in quiet places, Character out in the full current of human life. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
A king there was once reigning, Who had a goodly flea, Him loved he without feigning, As his own son were he. View quote
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The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources. View quote
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The art of living rightly is like all arts It must be learned and practiced with incessant care. View quote
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Whether a person shows themselves to be a genius in science or in writing a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, or the deed, is living and can live on. View quote
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