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Greater Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.
- Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.
- Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.
- Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage
- The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon it clings to it with zest. And thus at wisdom's…
- There are but two roads that lead to an important goal and to the doing of great things: strength and perseverance. Strength is the lot…
- Beautiful is greater than Good, for it includes the Good.
- I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy.
- For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
- Let mental culture go on advancing, let the natural sciences progress in even greater extent and depth, and the human mind widen itself as much…
- The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.
- I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men…
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