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Goethe Quotes: "If you don't know foreign languages, you don't know anything about your own."

If you don't know foreign languages, you don't know anything about your own.



Goethe Quotes: "To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities"

To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities




Goethe Quotes: "He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line."

He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line.



Goethe Quotes: "A good person, striving dimly, Is well aware of the right path."

A good person, striving dimly, Is well aware of the right path.




Goethe Quotes: "The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active."

The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.



Goethe Quotes: "Opponents fancy they refute us when they repeat their own opinion and pay no attention to ours."

Opponents fancy they refute us when they repeat their own opinion and pay no attention to ours.



Goethe Quotes: "Change amuses the mind, but rarely profits."

Change amuses the mind, but rarely profits.




Goethe Quotes: "Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off."

Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off.



Goethe Quotes: "The miller believes that all the wheat grows so that his mill keeps running."

The miller believes that all the wheat grows so that his mill keeps running.



Goethe Quotes: "Nature has neither core nor skin: she’s both at once outside and in."

Nature has neither core nor skin: she’s both at once outside and in.



Goethe Quotes: "Before you can do something, you must first be something."

Before you can do something, you must first be something.



Goethe Quotes: "We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too highly his spurious worth."

We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too highly his spurious worth.




Goethe Quotes: "Shakespeare is a great psychologist, and whatever can be known of the heart of man may be found in his plays."

Shakespeare is a great psychologist, and whatever can be known of the heart of man may be found in his plays.



Goethe Quotes: "The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master."

The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master.



Goethe Quotes: "There are situations in which hope and fear run together, in which they mutually destroy one another and lose themselves in dull indifference."

There are situations in which hope and fear run together, in which they mutually destroy one another and lose themselves in dull indifference.



Goethe Quotes: "Viewed from the summit of reason, all life looks like a malignant disease and the world like a madhouse."

Viewed from the summit of reason, all life looks like a malignant disease and the world like a madhouse.



Goethe Quotes: "People may live as much retired from the world as they please; but sooner or later, before they are aware, they will find themselves debtor or creditor to somebody."

People may live as much retired from the world as they please; but sooner or later, before they are aware, they will find themselves debtor or creditor to somebody.



Goethe Quotes: "Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nichts von seiner eigenen.He who is ignorant of foreign languages, knows not his own."

Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nichts von seiner eigenen.He who is ignorant of foreign languages, knows not his own.



Goethe Quotes: "Were the eye not of the sun, How could we behold the light? If God's might and ours were not as one, How could His work enchant our sight?"

Were the eye not of the sun, How could we behold the light? If God's might and ours were not as one, How could His work enchant our sight?



Goethe Quotes: "Sameness leaves us in peace but it is contradiction that makes us productive."

Sameness leaves us in peace but it is contradiction that makes us productive.



Goethe Quotes: "I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads to the misery and ruin of many thousands and millions of people."

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads to the misery and ruin of many thousands and millions of people.



Goethe Quotes: "An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness."

An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.



Goethe Quotes: "The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does."

The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does.



Goethe Quotes: "Misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent."

Misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent.



Goethe Quotes: "When you praise someone you call yourself his equal."

When you praise someone you call yourself his equal.



Goethe Quotes: "It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]"

It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]



Goethe Quotes: "Every day look at a beautiful picture, read a beautiful poem, listen to some beautiful music, and if possible, say some reasonable thing."

Every day look at a beautiful picture, read a beautiful poem, listen to some beautiful music, and if possible, say some reasonable thing.



Goethe Quotes: "To quit smoking, you must first want to quit, but then you must also do the quitting"

To quit smoking, you must first want to quit, but then you must also do the quitting



Goethe Quotes: "If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself."

If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself.



Goethe Quotes: "It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth."

It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.



Goethe Quotes: "There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science."

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science.



Goethe Quotes: "People can only live with their equals, and not even with them; for in the long run they cannot tolerate that someone is their equal."

People can only live with their equals, and not even with them; for in the long run they cannot tolerate that someone is their equal.



Goethe Quotes: "Our modern wars make many unhappy while they last and none happy when they are over."

Our modern wars make many unhappy while they last and none happy when they are over.



Goethe Quotes: "Everyone only hears what he understands."

Everyone only hears what he understands.



Goethe Quotes: "The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life."

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.



Goethe Quotes: "In all times it is only individuals that have advanced science, not the age."

In all times it is only individuals that have advanced science, not the age.



Goethe Quotes: "One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame"

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame



Goethe Quotes: "The history of knowledge is a great fugue in which the voices of the nations one after the other emerge."

The history of knowledge is a great fugue in which the voices of the nations one after the other emerge.



Goethe Quotes: "One glance, one word from you gives more pleasure than all the wisdom of this world."

One glance, one word from you gives more pleasure than all the wisdom of this world.



Goethe Quotes: "All theory, my friend, is grey, But green is life's glad golden tree."

All theory, my friend, is grey, But green is life's glad golden tree.



Goethe Quotes: "As long as you don't practice it, this dying and becoming, You are only a dreary guest on this dark earth."

As long as you don't practice it, this dying and becoming, You are only a dreary guest on this dark earth.



Goethe Quotes: "National literature does not mean much these days; now is the age of world literature, and every one must contribute to hasten thearrival of that age."

National literature does not mean much these days; now is the age of world literature, and every one must contribute to hasten thearrival of that age.



Goethe Quotes: "Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original."

Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.



Goethe Quotes: "The light is there, and colors surround us. However, if there were no light nor colors in our own eye, we wouldn't perceive such things outside of us."

The light is there, and colors surround us. However, if there were no light nor colors in our own eye, we wouldn't perceive such things outside of us.



Goethe Quotes: "The happiest man is the one who finds happiness at home."

The happiest man is the one who finds happiness at home.



Goethe Quotes: "It is working within limits that the craftsman reveals himself."

It is working within limits that the craftsman reveals himself.



Goethe Quotes: "Talents are nurtured best in solitude, But character on life's tempestuous seas!"

Talents are nurtured best in solitude, But character on life's tempestuous seas!



Goethe Quotes: "The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace."

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace.



Goethe Quotes: "Mastery is often taken for egotism."

Mastery is often taken for egotism.