Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes - Page 4

• Let no one be ashamed to say yes today if yesterday he said no. Or to say no today if yesterday he said yes. For that is life. Never to have changed-what a pitiable thing of which to boast!

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  Change, Yesterday, Today

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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.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Surprise, Christ, Lord

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

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• You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man.

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  Men, Consistency, Wavering

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• The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

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  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Art, Trust Yourself, Art Of Living

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1965). “Goethe's Faust, Parts I and II”

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• It is sometimes essential for a husband and a wife to quarrel - they get to know each other better.

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  Marriage, Husband, Wife

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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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• 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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• The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

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  Reading, Literature, Decline

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.109

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• If you want to make life easy, make it hard.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Motivational, Positive

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• Opponents fancy they refute us when they repeat their own opinion and pay no attention to ours.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Attention, Opponents, Pay

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.135, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• Daily life is more instructive than the most effective book.

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  Life, Book, Daily Life

  "Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann".

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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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• Painting and tattooing the body is a return to animalism.

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  Tattoo, Body, Return

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.67, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.

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  Infinite, Moments, Hours

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• The solution of every problem is another problem

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Math, Logic, Problem

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

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  Wise, Questions And Answers, Want

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• We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself.

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  Respect, Character, Men

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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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• Beware of a man of one book.

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  Wise, Book, Men

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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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• Choose well. Your choice is brief, and yet endless.

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  Love, Choices, Endless

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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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• 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.

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  Thinking, Trying, Know Yourself

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