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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes


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It matters little whether a man be mathematically, or philologicaily, or artistically cultivated, so he be but cultivated.

It never occurs to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
[Merit]

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

It's not that age brings childhood back again, age merely shows what children we remain.

Joy and sorrow both have part in my solitude.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
[Kindness]

Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
[Cleanliness]

Let him who believes in immortality enjoy his happiness in silence without giving himself airs about it.
[Virtue]

Let us live in as small a circle as we will, we are either debtors or creditors before we have had time to look round.

Let us live, while we are alive!
[Goals]

Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular, but reason remains ever the property of the few.
[Reason]

Let's plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they will -- it's only action that can make a man.
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Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
[Change]

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
[Life]

Life is the childhood of our immortality.
[Immortality]

Life teaches us to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.


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