The master proves himselin recognizing his limitations. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the man who thinks — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I make presents to the mother but think of the daughter. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
As man is, so is his God. And thus is God oft strangely odd. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
He is the happiest man who can see the connection between the end and the beginning of life. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The most foolish of all errors is for clever young men to believe that they forfeit their originality in recognizing a truth… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Man, be he who he may, experiences a last piece of good fortune and a last day. [Ger., Der Mensch erfahrt, er… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Let's plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
What is the destiny of man, but to fill up the measure of his sufferings, and to drink his allotted cup of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Man is a simple being, and however rich, varied, and unfathomable he may be, the cycle of his situations is soon run… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If there is confusion in your head and in your heart, what more do you want! A man who no longer loves… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Men are so inclined to content themselves with what is commonest; the spirit and the senses so easily grow dead to the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
No doubt you are right... there would be far less suffering amongst mankind if men... did not employ their imaginations so assiduously… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Rash combat oft immortalizes man; if he should fall, he is renowned in song; but after-ages reckon not the ceaseless tears which… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Wood burns because it has the proper stuff for that purpose in it; and a man becomes renowned because he has the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is in vain that a man of sound mind and cool temper understands the condition of such a wretched being... He… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
To the man of thought almost nothing is really ridiculous. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share
Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed! — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
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