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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes
Deutsch Poet August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
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![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that..."](/pic/213504/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-every-person-above-the-ordinary-has.jpg)
Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "His easy going behavior contrasts greatly with my restlessness"](/pic/288164/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-his-easy-going-behavior-contrasts.jpg)
His easy going behavior contrasts greatly with my restlessness
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "What matters creative endless toil, When, at a snatch,..."](/pic/252022/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-what-matters-creative-endless-toil.jpg)
What matters creative endless toil, When, at a snatch, oblivion ends the coil?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe..."](/pic/397336/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-none-are-so-hopelessly-enslaved-as.jpg)
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not..."](/pic/213432/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-error-is-acceptable-as-long-as-we.jpg)
Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not..."](/pic/213410/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-be-above-it-make-the-world-serve.jpg)
Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with..."](/pic/247849/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-we-know-accurately-only-when-we-know.jpg)
We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Choose well. Your choice is brief, and yet endless."](/pic/289478/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-choose-well-your-choice-is-brief.jpg)
Choose well. Your choice is brief, and yet endless.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what..."](/pic/347505/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-a-word-spoken-is-a-terrible-thing.jpg)
A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens."](/pic/374399/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-we-are-our-own-devils-we-drive.jpg)
We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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