QUOTES by Johann Von Goethe
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"Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us self-control is disastrous."
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"Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world"
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"Who never ate his bread in sorrow, who never sat the sorrowful nights weeping on his bed, he knows you not, you heavenly Powers."
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"Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind, and is as various as nature herself."
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"The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion of a loftier reality"
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"The highest problem of any art is to cause by appearance the illusion of a higher reality."
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"Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation."
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"Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal"
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"Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent."
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"I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than book or orator."
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"All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green."
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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."
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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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"It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united."
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"Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive. The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions."
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"Man... knows only when he is satisfied and when he suffers, and only his sufferings and his satisfactions instruct him concerning himself, teach him what to seek and what to avoid. For the rest, man is a confused creature; he knows not whence he comes or whither he goes, he knows little of the world, and above all, he knows little of himself."
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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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"Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing"
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"Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?"
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"The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources."
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"Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it is sure to repent every ill-judged outlay."
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"Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be."
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"One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going."
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"What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won."
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"It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage."
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"If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long."
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"Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it"
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