Greater Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

11 Greater quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Goethe’s poetic breadth shines even in brief moments. These eleven lines offer a glimpse of his contemplation on aspiration and the human spirit, a concise yet enriching read.

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Beautiful is greater than Good, for it includes the Good.

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Perseverance is a silent power that grows irresistibly greater with time.

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The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.

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Man believes himself always greater than he is, and is esteemed less than he is worth.

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There is no greater consolation for mediocrity than that the genius is not immortal.

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The older we grow, the greater become the ordeals.

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Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.

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Music, in the best sense, does not require novelty; nay, the older it is, and the more we are accustomed to it,…

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Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.

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Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage

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Few rash of any modern nation have a proper sense of an aesthetical whole; they praise and blame by parts; they are…

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True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

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I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished.

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All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.

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We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

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It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter…

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There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science.

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The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament

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Nothing is worse than active ignorance.

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Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an…

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Our foibles are really what make us lovable.

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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.

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Giving is the business of the rich.

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Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!

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I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus…

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Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always…

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