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> [“What you inherit from your father must first be earned before it's yours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/what-you-inherit-from-your-father-must-first-be-earned-before-it-s/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

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## More by Goethe

> [He is happiest who finds peace in his home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/he-is-happiest-who-finds-peace-in-his-home/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

> [“Glib tongues frill up their hash of knowledge for mankind in polished speeches that are no more than vaporous winds rustling the fallen leaves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/glib-tongues-frill-up-their-hash-of-knowledge-for-mankind-in-polished/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

> [“What's left undone today, tomorrow will not do." Faust”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/what-s-left-undone-today-tomorrow-will-not-do-faust/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

> [“see how all our energies are wasted in providing for mere necessities, which gain have no further end than to prolong a wretched existence;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/see-how-all-our-energies-are-wasted-in-providing-for-mere-necessities/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

> [“Beauty is everywhere a very welcome guest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/beauty-is-everywhere-a-very-welcome-guest/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

> [“Iznad naroda je ljudskost.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/iznad-naroda-je-ljudskost/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

> [Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/whatever-you-do-or-dream-you-can-begin-it-boldness-has-genius-and/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

> [“There are no means of safety against superior qualities of another person but to love him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/there-are-no-means-of-safety-against-superior-qualities-of-another/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

> [“It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/it-is-ever-true-that-he-who-does-nothing-for-others-does-nothing-for/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

> [“Being full of mischief, they love to listen; they gladly obey, for they like to betray you, pretending to be sent from Heaven, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/being-full-of-mischief-they-love-to-listen-they-gladly-obey-for-they/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

> [“What's done is yet to come.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/what-s-done-is-yet-to-come/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

> [“When he comes to the door he always looks mocking and half-way angry. You can see he has sympathy for nothing. It's written on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/when-he-comes-to-the-door-he-always-looks-mocking-and-half-way-angry/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

> [“When we treat man as he is we make him worse than he is. When we treat him as if he already was what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/when-we-treat-man-as-he-is-we-make-him-worse-than-he-is-when-we-treat/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

> [ “Men grieve \[Mephistopheles\] so with the days of their lamenting, \[he\] even hate\[s\] to plague them with \[his\] torments.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/men-grieve-mephistopheles-so-with-the-days-of-their-lamenting-he-even/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

> [“Nothing is so hard to bear as a train of happy days”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goethe/nothing-is-so-hard-to-bear-as-a-train-of-happy-days/)

[Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goethe/)

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