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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: "The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation."](/pic/213486/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-the-decline-of-literature-indicates.jpg)
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough;..."](/pic/213357/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-knowing-is-not-enough-we-must.jpg)
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they..."](/pic/213403/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-no-one-would-talk-much-in-society-if.jpg)
No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "There is no day that one should skip. But one should seize,..."](/pic/359581/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-there-is-no-day-that-one-should.jpg)
There is no day that one should skip. But one should seize, without distrust, The possible with iron grip
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things..."](/pic/315981/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-things-which-matter-most-must-never.jpg)
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Conscience is the virtue of observers and not of agents of..."](/pic/342769/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-conscience-is-the-virtue-of.jpg)
Conscience is the virtue of observers and not of agents of action.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
![Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight."](/pic/213445/600x316/quotation-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-there-is-nothing-so-terrible-as.jpg)
There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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