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Goethe Quotes: "To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform."

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.



Goethe Quotes: "I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing."

I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.




Goethe Quotes: "For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation."

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.



Goethe Quotes: "He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him."

He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.




Goethe Quotes: "To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us."

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.



Goethe Quotes: "One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words."

One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words.



Goethe Quotes: "That which is eternal in Woman lifts us above."

That which is eternal in Woman lifts us above.




Goethe Quotes: "I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should."

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.



Goethe Quotes: "Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea."

Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea.



Goethe Quotes: "Energy will do anything that can be done in the world; and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities will make a two-legged animal a man without it."

Energy will do anything that can be done in the world; and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities will make a two-legged animal a man without it.



Goethe Quotes: "I was oppressed with the sensations I then felt; I sunk under the weight of them."

I was oppressed with the sensations I then felt; I sunk under the weight of them.



Goethe Quotes: "The master proves himselin recognizing his limitations."

The master proves himselin recognizing his limitations.




Goethe Quotes: "A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise."

A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.



Goethe Quotes: "There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance. [Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige Unwissenheit.]"

There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance. [Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige Unwissenheit.]



Goethe Quotes: "Thou tremblest before anticipated ills, and still bemoanest what thou never losest."

Thou tremblest before anticipated ills, and still bemoanest what thou never losest.



Goethe Quotes: "What makes poetry? A full heart, brimful of one noble passion."

What makes poetry? A full heart, brimful of one noble passion.



Goethe Quotes: "If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different."

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.



Goethe Quotes: "Ah! my poor brain is racked and crazed, My spirit and senses amazed!"

Ah! my poor brain is racked and crazed, My spirit and senses amazed!



Goethe Quotes: "Battle not with monsters, for then you become one."

Battle not with monsters, for then you become one.



Goethe Quotes: "Once I blazed across the sky, Leaving trails of flame; I fell to earth, and here I lie - Who'll help me up again? -A Shooting Star"

Once I blazed across the sky, Leaving trails of flame; I fell to earth, and here I lie - Who'll help me up again? -A Shooting Star



Goethe Quotes: "Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing."

Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing.



Goethe Quotes: "War is in truth a disease in which the juices that serve health and maintenance are used for the sole purpose of nourishing something foreign, something at odds with nature."

War is in truth a disease in which the juices that serve health and maintenance are used for the sole purpose of nourishing something foreign, something at odds with nature.



Goethe Quotes: "It is so hard that one cannot really have confidence in doctors and yet cannot do without them."

It is so hard that one cannot really have confidence in doctors and yet cannot do without them.



Goethe Quotes: "The brilliant passes, like the dew at morn; The true endures, for ages yet unborn."

The brilliant passes, like the dew at morn; The true endures, for ages yet unborn.



Goethe Quotes: "What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits."

What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.



Goethe Quotes: "Stood I, O Nature! man alone in thee, Then were it worth one's while a man to be."

Stood I, O Nature! man alone in thee, Then were it worth one's while a man to be.



Goethe Quotes: "Give shape, artist! don't talk! Your poem be but a breath."

Give shape, artist! don't talk! Your poem be but a breath.



Goethe Quotes: "All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible."

All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.



Goethe Quotes: "The force of a language does not consist of rejecting what is foreign but of swallowing it."

The force of a language does not consist of rejecting what is foreign but of swallowing it.



Goethe Quotes: "Time flies, and what is past is done."

Time flies, and what is past is done.



Goethe Quotes: "Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art."

Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.



Goethe Quotes: "I believe in God and in nature and in the triumph of good over evil."

I believe in God and in nature and in the triumph of good over evil.



Goethe Quotes: "It doesn't behoove elderly persons to follow fashion in their thinking nor in the way they dress."

It doesn't behoove elderly persons to follow fashion in their thinking nor in the way they dress.



Goethe Quotes: "All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast."

All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.



Goethe Quotes: "We are pantheists as natural scientists, polytheists as poets, and monotheists as moral beings."

We are pantheists as natural scientists, polytheists as poets, and monotheists as moral beings.



Goethe Quotes: "Confronted by outstanding merit, there is no way of saving one's ego except by love"

Confronted by outstanding merit, there is no way of saving one's ego except by love



Goethe Quotes: "True happiness springs from moderation."

True happiness springs from moderation.



Goethe Quotes: "The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion."

The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.



Goethe Quotes: "We find from experience that yellow excites a warm and agreeable impression.... The eye is gladdened, the heart expanded and cheered, a glow seems at once to breathe toward us."

We find from experience that yellow excites a warm and agreeable impression.... The eye is gladdened, the heart expanded and cheered, a glow seems at once to breathe toward us.



Goethe Quotes: "If the word is not dead when it reaches the hearer, he murders it at once by a contradiction, a stipulation, a condition, a digression, an interruption, and all the thousand tricks of conversation."

If the word is not dead when it reaches the hearer, he murders it at once by a contradiction, a stipulation, a condition, a digression, an interruption, and all the thousand tricks of conversation.



Goethe Quotes: "How many joys are crushed under foot because people look up at the sky and disregard what is at their feet?"

How many joys are crushed under foot because people look up at the sky and disregard what is at their feet?



Goethe Quotes: "wit, wit! - I look upon it always as a draught of air; it cools indeed, but one gets a stiff neck from it."

wit, wit! - I look upon it always as a draught of air; it cools indeed, but one gets a stiff neck from it.



Goethe Quotes: "There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable."

There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable.



Goethe Quotes: "One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best."

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.



Goethe Quotes: "Truth must be repeated again and again, because error is constantly being preached round about."

Truth must be repeated again and again, because error is constantly being preached round about.



Goethe Quotes: "If you live criticizing people, you won't have time to love them."

If you live criticizing people, you won't have time to love them.



Goethe Quotes: "Mystery is truth's dancing partner."

Mystery is truth's dancing partner.



Goethe Quotes: "What is part of you, you cannot get rid of, even if you were to throw it away."

What is part of you, you cannot get rid of, even if you were to throw it away.



Goethe Quotes: "A man is really alive only when he delights in the good-will of others."

A man is really alive only when he delights in the good-will of others.