Hero Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

8 Hero quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Goethe’s reflections on hero echo his lyrical depth, each brief line a poetic brushstroke of timeless courage. This short set offers a concise, elegant glimpse into his classic perspective.

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The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.

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To a valet no man is a hero. [Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]

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It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by…

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One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.

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To a valet no man is a hero.

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He is happy as well as great who needs neither to obey nor to command in order to be something.

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Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero.…

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It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize…

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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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