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"58 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 28 August 1749. Died: 22 March 1832 | Writer | Statesman |
Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
Belief Believes He His
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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Acting Action Difficult Difficult Thing
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Willing Enough Apply Knowing
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If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.
Created God Had He
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Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.

A Good Man Death Eternity Good
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Personality is everything in art and poetry.
Art Everything Personality Poetry
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We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

Accurately Doubt Increases Know
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
Finished Never Started Today
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
Anything Believing Happen Magic
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In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it.

Anything Before Beside Connection
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Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody Grow Nobody Somebody
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Finds Happiest He His
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There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

Betray Character Laugh More
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A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Blunders Clever Clever Man Man
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The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
Alone Beauty May Sees
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All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.

Acquire Else Everyone Everyone Else
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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 time.

Care Come End Just
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To rule is easy, to govern difficult.
Difficult Easy Govern Rule
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One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

Ask Birds Cherries Children
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If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

According Children Early Geniuses
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Nothing is worth more than this day.
Day More Nothing Than
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
Few Few People Imagination People
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.

Against Author Even Every
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I call architecture frozen music.

Architecture Call Frozen Music
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I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

Believe Better Book Friend
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To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

Appreciate Gain Never Noble
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Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Caution Every Every Step Life
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Precaution is better than cure.
Better Cure Precaution Than
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The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Coward He Only Safe
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Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

Deeds Desire Great Love
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The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.

Beginning Bring End Happy
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

Achieve Demanded Greater He
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

His Know Listen Man
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Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Childhood Immortality Life Our
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I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Am Better I Am I Think
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One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.
Always Apply Enough Time
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Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done.

Day Devote Done Each
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Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Fearful Imagination More Nothing
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Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Activity Adversity Fresh Means
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Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Absent Opportunity Talk Well
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The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Deed Everything Glory Naught
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The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

Born Find Greatest Greatest Happiness
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We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
Bridge Burn Come Will
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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character Develops Itself Life
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Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Dream Dreams Hearts Men
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Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction Does Encouragement More
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We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

Come Find Get Go
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First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

Demanded First Genius Last
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A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

Attracts Hold How Knows
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Live dangerously and you live right.
Dangerously Live Right You
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes & Sayings