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Deutsch Poet August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "There are no means of safety against superior qualities of..."
There are no means of safety against superior qualities of another person but to love him. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing can be compared to the new life that the discovery of another country provides for a thoughtful person. Although I am still the same I believe to have changed to the bones. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Father! Whom I do not know! Father! who filled all my soul and who has now turned His countenance away from me! Call me to You! Be silent no longer! Your silence will not stay this thirsting soul—and could a person, a father, be angry whose son, unexpectedly returning, threw himself on his neck and cried: Father! I have come back! Don’t be angry that I am breaking off the travels that you meant for me to endure longer. The world is everywhere the same, in effort and work, reward and joy, but... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When a nation which has long groaned under the intolerable yoke of a tyrant rises at last and throws off its chains, do you call that weakness? The man who, to rescue his house from the flames, finds his physical strength redoubled, so that he lifts burdens with ease which in the absence of excitement he could scarcely move; he who under the rage of an insult attacks and puts to flight half a score of his enemies,—are such persons to be called weak? My good friend, if resistance be strength,... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Is it not enough that we cannot make one another happy, must we also rob one another of the pleasures that any heart may permit itself now and then? And name me a person who in a bad mood will be decent enough to hide it, to bear it alone, without destroying the joy around him. Is it not rather an inner dissatisfaction with our own unworthiness, a dislike of ourselves that is always associated with envy aggravated by foolish conceit? We see people happy and not made happy by us, and that is... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The greatest happiness for the thinking person is to have explored the explorable and to venerate in equanimity that which cannot be explored. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find..."
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Tell a wise person, or else keep silent, because the mass man will mock it right away. I praise what is truly alive, what longs to be burned to death. In the calm water of the love-nights, where you were begotten, where you have begotten, a strange feeling comes over you, when you see the silent candle burning. Now you are no longer caughtin the obsession with darkness, and a desire for higher love-makingsweeps you upward. Distance does not make you falter. Now, arriving in magic, flying, and... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A person who does not know the history of the last 3,000 years wanders in the darkness of ignorance, unable to make sense of the reality around him Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can..."
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Personality is everything in art and poetry."
Personality is everything in art and poetry. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "What chance gathers she easily scatters. A great person..."
What chance gathers she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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