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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: "Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal."
Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "We're only really thinking when we can't think out fully what..."
We're only really thinking when we can't think out fully what we are really thinking about! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "The credit of advancing science has always been due to..."
The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All is like, all unlike; all is useful and harmful, eloquent and dumb, reasonable and unreasonable. And what people profess about individual matters is often contradictory. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou..."
To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I am the spirit that negates. And rightly so, for all that comes to be Deserves to perish wretchedly; 'Twere better nothing would begin. Thus everything that that your terms, sin, Destruction, evil represent— That is my proper element. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably..."
Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Publishers are all cohorts of the devil; there must be a..."
Publishers are all cohorts of the devil; there must be a special hell for them somewhere. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is."
Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "They should be ashamed of themselves, all these sober people!"
They should be ashamed of themselves, all these sober people! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Does not man lack the force at the very point where he needs it most? And when he soars upward in joy, or sinks down in suffering, is not checked in both, is he not returned again to the dull, cold sphere of awareness, just when he was longing to lose himself in the fullness of the infinite. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will..."
two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Thoughts come back; beliefs persist; facts pass by never to..."
Thoughts come back; beliefs persist; facts pass by never to return. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world."
Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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