Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes - Page 55

• There is a politeness of the heart; this is closely allied to love.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Heart, Politeness

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

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• For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.
  [Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer von schwankendem Rufe.]

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Bears, Reputation, Strolling

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• Beauty vanishes; virtue is lasting.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Beauty, Virtue, Lasting

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• The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain.
  [Ger., Den Bosen sind sie los, die Bosen sind geblieben.]

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  Evil, Dens, Dies

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• Man, be he who he may, experiences a last piece of good fortune and a last day.
  [Ger., Der Mensch erfahrt, er sei auch wer er mag,
  Ein letztes Gluck und einen letzten Tag.]

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Fate, Men, Pieces

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• When I make a mistake everyone can see it, but not when I lie.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Mistake, Lying

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• Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world to see.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Time, Long, Age

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• Whatever is the object of a saint's hope is the subject of his prayer.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Hope, Prayer, Saint

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• No one should be rich except those who understand it.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Understanding, Wealth, Rich

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• A plant is like a self-willed man, out of whom we can obtain all which we desire, if we will only treat him his own way.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Self, Agriculture

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)”, p.795, Delphi Classics

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• The assault of our enemies is not part of our life; it is only part of our experience; we throw it off and guard ourselves against it as against frost, storm, rain, hail, or any other of the external evils which may be expected to happen.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Rain, Evil, Enemy

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.191, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge.

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  Men, Two, Perception

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Gage (1980). “Goethe on Art”, p.5, Univ of California Press

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• Everything which is properly business we must keep carefully separate from life. Business requires earnestness and method; life must have a freed handling.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Method, Earnestness

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)”, p.656, Delphi Classics

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• What we don't understand we don't possess.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Clarity, Communicate

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• Art is in itself noble; that is why the artist has no fear of what is common. This, indeed, is already ennobled when he takes it up.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Art, Noble, Common

  "Maxims and Reflections". Book by by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Elisabeth Stopp. Maxim 61, 1998.

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• Do people conform to the instructions of us old ones? Each thinks he must know best about himself, and thus many are lost entirely.

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  Thinking, People, Advice

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann (2014). “Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann”, p.39, Ravenio Books

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• Try novelties for salesman's bait, For novelty wins everyone.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Winning, Trying, Bait

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1984). “Faust”

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• You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Song, Eternal

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• Without haste! without rest! Bind the motto to thy breast! Bear it with thee as a spell; Storm or sunshine , guard it well.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Sunshine, Storm, Haste

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• Whoso shrinks from ideas ends by having nothing but sensations.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Ideas, Ends, Shrinks

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.70, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• Make the most of time, it flies away so fast; yet method will teach you to win time.

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  Winning, Fly Away, Method

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• The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as often find him above as below his reputation.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Reflection, Men, World

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

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• In politics people throw themselves, as on a sickbed, from one side to the other in the belief they will lie more comfortably.

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  Lying, People, Politics

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• To become aware in time when young of the advantages of age; to maintain the advantages of youth in old age: both are pure fortune.

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  Age, Youth, Fortune

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• If we take people only as they are, then we make them worse; if we treat them as if they were what they should be, then we bring them to where they can be brought.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Education, People, Should

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