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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Famous Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotations
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German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar (1749-1832)
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- A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe »
- Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe »
- As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe »
- Beware of dissipating your powers strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe »
- Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe »
- Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe »
- How can you come to know yourself Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe »
- If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe »
- Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe »
- So divinely is the world organized that every one of us, in our place and time, is in balance with everything else. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe »
- There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe »
- There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe »
- To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe »
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