Solitude Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

16 Solitude quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Goethe’s take on being alone weaves his poetic sensibility with philosophical curiosity. These sixteen snippets give a taste of his timeless voice, perfect for anyone seeking a literary pause.

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The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.

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One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

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“The things I know, every man can know, but, oh, my heart is mine alone!”

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Whoever gives himself up to solitude, Ah! he is soon alone.

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Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world

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Nothing will change the fact that I cannot produce the least thing without absolute solitude.

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Talents are nurtured best in solitude, But character on life's tempestuous seas!

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Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave…

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Solitude is fine when you are at peace with yourself and have something definite to do.

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A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

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Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

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Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. [Ger., Es bildet ein talent sich in…

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“For we are so constituted by nature, that we are ever prone to compare ourselves with others; and our happiness or misery…

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As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of…

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“Nothing is therefore more dangerous than solitude. Our imagination, forced by its very nature to unfold, nourished by the fantastic visions of…

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