Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes - Page 4

• Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

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  Self Esteem, Believe, Yoga

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• The ideal of beauty is simplicity and tranquility.

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  Beauty, Simplicity, Tranquility

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.76

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• Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude. In the Press and Encyclopaedias, in Schools and Universities, everywhere Error holds sway, feeling happy and comfortable in the knowledge of having Majority on its side.

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  Truth, Lying, School

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• Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you of time and temper.

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  Thieves, Fool, Temper

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• We see only what we know.

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  Science, Belief, Knows

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Gage (1980). “Goethe on Art”, p.7, Univ of California Press

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• Life is too short to drink bad wine.

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  Life Is Too Short, Wine, Vineyards

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• Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.

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  People, Belief, Opinion

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• Night is the other half of life, and the better half.

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  Night, Half, Other Half

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• A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Art

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• If you want someone to develop a specific trait, treat them as though they already had it.

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  Want, Treats, Traits

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• If you live criticizing people, you won't have time to love them.

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  People, Criticize, Ifs

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• Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

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  Inspirational, Life, Time

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• Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

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  Keeping Secrets, Wish, Kept Secrets

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• There are people who pay attention to the weaknesses of their friends; that is to no avail. I have always closely watched and profited from the strengths of my adversaries.

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  People, Pay, Weakness

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• There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

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  Baby, Children, Wings

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• If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.

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  Wise, Questions And Answers, Want

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• No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

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  Communication, Misunderstood, Society

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• All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Time

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Stuart Blackie (1883). “The Wisdom of Goethe”, Edinburgh, W. Blackwood

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• Beware of a man of one book.

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  Wise, Book, Men

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• Doesn't surprise me that Christ our Lord preferred to live with whores and sinners, seeing I go in for that myself.

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  Surprise, Christ, Lord

  "Venetian Epigrams". Book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Jerome Rothenberg, 1790.

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• The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.

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  Inspirational, Friendship, Nature

  "'Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre' ('Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship')". Book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1796.

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• Talent develops in quiet, alone; character is sharpened in the torrent of the world.

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  Character, World, Quiet

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• Few people have the imagination for reality.

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  Inspiration, Reality, People

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• It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

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  Life, Thanksgiving, Blessed

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• A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it.

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  Learning, Men, Understanding

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