It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The experiences show us just as we are; they make us see our own defects. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Behavior is a mirror in which every one shows his image. [Ger., Das Betragen ist ein Spiegel in welchem jeder sein Bild… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The finished man, you know, is difficult to please; a growing mind will ever show you gratitude. --Faust 1, lines 182-3 — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Love of truth shows itself in this, that a man knows how to find and value the good in everything. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It has been said that figures rule the world. Maybe. But I am sure that figures show us whether it is being… — 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 world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish; the impressions remain flat and unconnected in the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Only that type of story deserves to be called moral that shows us that one has the power within oneself to act,… — 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
Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. I therefore show you… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A life without love, without the presence of the beloved, is nothing but a mere magic-lantern show. We draw out slide after… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Here too it’s masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind. I grasped a lovely masked procession, And caught things from… — 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 Image
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 Image
All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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