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title: "18 Masters Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"
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> [Habit is the most imperious of all masters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/habit-is-the-most-imperious-of-all-masters/)

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> [The master proves himselin recognizing his limitations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-master-proves-himselin-recognizing-his-limitations/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [The confidant of my vices is my master, though he were my valet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-confidant-of-my-vices-is-my-master-though-he-were-my-valet/)

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> [Mastery is often taken for egotism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/mastery-is-often-taken-for-egotism/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [All men would be masters of others, and no man is lord of himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/all-men-would-be-masters-of-others-and-no-man-is-lord-of-himself/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [The day is for mistake and error, sequence of time for success and carrying out. The one who anticipates is master of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-day-is-for-mistake-and-error-sequence-of-time-for-success-and/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/master-and-doctor-are-my-titles-for-ten-years-now-without-repose-i/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/you-must-be-either-the-servant-or-the-master-the-hammer-or-the-anvil/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-real-scholar-learns-how-to-evolve-the-unknown-from-the-known-and/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Of the truly creative no one is ever master; it must be left to go its own way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/of-the-truly-creative-no-one-is-ever-master-it-must-be-left-to-go-its/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [The artist has a twofold relation to nature; he is at once her master and her slave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-artist-has-a-twofold-relation-to-nature-he-is-at-once-her-master/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [But the valid issue is the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/but-the-valid-issue-is-the-extent-to-which-man-knows-how-to-form-and/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [The man who masters himself is delivered from the force that binds all creatures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-man-who-masters-himself-is-delivered-from-the-force-that-binds/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/none-are-so-hopelessly-enslaved-as-those-who-falsely-believe-they-are/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [The modern age has a false sense of superiority, because of the great mass of data at its disposal. But the valid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-modern-age-has-a-false-sense-of-superiority-because-of-the-great/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Many young painters would never have taken their pencils in hand if they could have felt, known, and understood, early enough, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/many-young-painters-would-never-have-taken-their-pencils-in-hand-if/)

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> [Artists have a double relationship towards nature: they are her master and her slave at the same time. They are her slave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/artists-have-a-double-relationship-towards-nature-they-are-her-master/)

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> [All ages have said and repeated that one should strive to know one's self. This is a strange demand which no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/all-ages-have-said-and-repeated-that-one-should-strive-to-know-one-s/)

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## Other authors on Masters

## More by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

> [True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/true-works-of-art-contain-their-own-theory-and-give-us-the/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

> [I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/i-never-believed-in-trying-to-do-anything-whatever-i-set-out-to-do-i/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

> [All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/all-lyrical-work-must-as-a-whole-be-perfectly-intelligible-but-in/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

> [We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/we-know-accurately-only-when-we-know-little-with-knowledge-doubt/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

> [It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/it-is-easier-to-perceive-error-than-to-find-truth-for-the-former-lies/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

> [There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/there-is-no-patriotic-art-and-no-patriotic-science/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

> [The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-connoisseur-of-art-must-be-able-to-appreciate-what-is-simply/)

[Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

> [Nothing is worse than active ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/nothing-is-worse-than-active-ignorance/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

> [Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/let-us-not-dream-that-reason-can-ever-be-popular-passions-emotions/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

> [Our foibles are really what make us lovable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/our-foibles-are-really-what-make-us-lovable/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

> [Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/instruction-does-much-but-encouragement-everything/)

[Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

> [Giving is the business of the rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/giving-is-the-business-of-the-rich/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

> [Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/just-begin-and-the-mind-grows-heated-continue-and-the-task-will-be/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

> [I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/i-look-upon-all-four-gospels-as-thoroughly-genuine-for-there-shines/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

> [Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/whatever-we-may-say-against-collections-which-present-authors-in-a/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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