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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Find important quotes and citations by the author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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Quote 1842
The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternityMore quotes on the topics: marriage dependence debt
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Quote 1629
I love those who yearn for the impossibleMore quotes on the topics: sympathy impossibility recognition desires
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Quote 1496
Wisdom is found only in truth -
Quote 1445
The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.More quotes on the topics: art work dependence explanation understanding
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Quote 1395
Love does not dominate; it cultivates.More quotes on the topics: authority dominance constraint
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Quote 1275
Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their timeMore quotes on the topics: carlessness time wastage lifetime money superficiality
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Quote 1238
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.More quotes on the topics: living changes acceptance preparation
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Quote 1204
One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries tasteMore quotes on the topics: eat and drink children animals experience knowledge
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Quote 1179
Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inactionMore quotes on the topics: nature development
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Quote 1079
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago -
Quote 990
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men -
Quote 949
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them againMore quotes on the topics: thoughts ideas memory intelligence
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Quote 934
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it -
Quote 869
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk aloneMore quotes on the topics: soul beauty loneliness
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Quote 865
Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest -
Quote 503
Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished -
Quote 484
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them, they translate it into their own language, and forthwith it means something entirely differentMore quotes on the topics: understanding changes speech difference individualism
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Quote 481
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirksMore quotes on the topics: mistakes necessity people friendship habit character personality
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Quote 361
Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better oneMore quotes on the topics: authority unity leadership preference
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Quote 332
I do not know myself and God forbid that I shouldMore quotes on the topics: self-knowledge god prohibition
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Quote 281
It is the true season of love when we know that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us.More quotes on the topics: truth love power uniqueness individualism
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Quote 274
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you mustMore quotes on the topics: enjoyment patience force opportunity
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Quote 273
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are freeMore quotes on the topics: falsehood errors hopelessness people
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Quote 182
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds. -
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves -
Quote 121
Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human lifeMore quotes on the topics: talent tranquility lifetime character self-knowledge
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Quote 44
Nothing is worth more than this dayMore quotes on the topics: worth presence time opportunity
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Quote 35
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in itMore quotes on the topics: boldness dreams imaginations power courage
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Quote 34
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to liveMore quotes on the topics: self-confidence realization living
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