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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes

Deutsch Poet August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of..."
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing"
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Here too it’s masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind. I grasped a lovely masked procession, And caught things from a horror show… I’d gladly settle for a false impression, If it would last a little longer, though. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To be loved for what one is, that is thegreatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
And I like those authors best whose scenes describe my own situation in life-- and the friends who are about me whose stories touch me with interest, from resembling my own homely existence. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If there is confusion in your head and in your heart, what more do you want! A man who no longer loves and no longer errs should have himself buried straight away. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Whatever truths or fables you may find in a thousand books, it..."
Whatever truths or fables you may find in a thousand books, it is all a tower of Babel unless love holds it together. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain..."
The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From..."
There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love"
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To live within limits. To want one thing. Or a few things very much and love them dearly. Cling to them, survey them from every angle. Become one with them - that is what makes the poet, the artist, the human being. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds."
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Love grants in a moment what toil can hardly acheive in an age."
Love grants in a moment what toil can hardly acheive in an age. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth."
First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Love can do much, but duty more."
Love can do much, but duty more. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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