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Goethe Quotes: "We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself."

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself.



Goethe Quotes: "Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different."

Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.




Goethe Quotes: "Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine"

Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine



Goethe Quotes: "It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise."

It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.




Goethe Quotes: "Few men have imagination enough for reality."

Few men have imagination enough for reality.



Goethe Quotes: "Our foibles are really what make us lovable."

Our foibles are really what make us lovable.



Goethe Quotes: "Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction."

Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.




Goethe Quotes: "To rule is easy, to govern difficult."

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.



Goethe Quotes: "No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others."

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.



Goethe Quotes: "Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow."

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.



Goethe Quotes: "To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves."

To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves.



Goethe Quotes: "Patriotism ruins history."

Patriotism ruins history.




Goethe Quotes: "The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine"

The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine



Goethe Quotes: "Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game."

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.



Goethe Quotes: "A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher."

A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.



Goethe Quotes: "The mark of highest originality lies in the ability to develop a familiar idea so fruitfully that it would seem no one else would ever have discovered so much to be hidden in it."

The mark of highest originality lies in the ability to develop a familiar idea so fruitfully that it would seem no one else would ever have discovered so much to be hidden in it.



Goethe Quotes: "Tolerance should, strictly speaking, be only a passing mood; it ought to lead to acknowledgment and appreciation. To tolerate a person is to affront him."

Tolerance should, strictly speaking, be only a passing mood; it ought to lead to acknowledgment and appreciation. To tolerate a person is to affront him.



Goethe Quotes: "A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude."

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.



Goethe Quotes: "Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving."

Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving.



Goethe Quotes: "One errs as long as one strives."

One errs as long as one strives.



Goethe Quotes: "Love of truth shows itself in this, that a man knows how to find and value the good in everything."

Love of truth shows itself in this, that a man knows how to find and value the good in everything.



Goethe Quotes: "The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say something, as if it had never been said before."

The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say something, as if it had never been said before.



Goethe Quotes: "I had rather be Mercury, the smallest among seven [planets], revolving round the sun, than the first among five [moons] revolving round Saturn."

I had rather be Mercury, the smallest among seven [planets], revolving round the sun, than the first among five [moons] revolving round Saturn.



Goethe Quotes: "Plunge boldly into the thick of life!"

Plunge boldly into the thick of life!



Goethe Quotes: "People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them."

People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them.



Goethe Quotes: "Higher aims are in themselves more valuable, even if unfulfilled, than lower ones quite attained."

Higher aims are in themselves more valuable, even if unfulfilled, than lower ones quite attained.



Goethe Quotes: "Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity."

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.



Goethe Quotes: "A flippant, frivolous man may ridicule others, may controvert them, scorn them; but he who has any respect for himself seems to have renounced the right of thinking meanly of others."

A flippant, frivolous man may ridicule others, may controvert them, scorn them; but he who has any respect for himself seems to have renounced the right of thinking meanly of others.



Goethe Quotes: "You must either conquer and rule or serve and lose, suffer or triumph, be the anvil or the hammer."

You must either conquer and rule or serve and lose, suffer or triumph, be the anvil or the hammer.



Goethe Quotes: "The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament."

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament.



Goethe Quotes: "Willing is not enough, we must do."

Willing is not enough, we must do.



Goethe Quotes: "In art, the best is good enough."

In art, the best is good enough.



Goethe Quotes: "All beginnings are delightful; the threshold is the place to pause."

All beginnings are delightful; the threshold is the place to pause.



Goethe Quotes: "God help us -- for art is long, and life so short."

God help us -- for art is long, and life so short.



Goethe Quotes: "As man is, so is his God. And thus is God oft strangely odd."

As man is, so is his God. And thus is God oft strangely odd.



Goethe Quotes: "Every second is of infinite value."

Every second is of infinite value.



Goethe Quotes: "Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest."

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.



Goethe Quotes: "Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?"

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?



Goethe Quotes: "It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it."

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.



Goethe Quotes: "Wisdom is only found in truth. [Ger., Die Weisheit ist nur in der Wahrheit.]"

Wisdom is only found in truth. [Ger., Die Weisheit ist nur in der Wahrheit.]



Goethe Quotes: "But when all is said, the greatest art is to limit and isolate oneself."

But when all is said, the greatest art is to limit and isolate oneself.



Goethe Quotes: "How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you."

How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you.



Goethe Quotes: "There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art."

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art.



Goethe Quotes: "Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks."

Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.



Goethe Quotes: "The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim."

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.



Goethe Quotes: "Enjoy what you can, endure what you must."

Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.



Goethe Quotes: "The threshold is the place of expectation."

The threshold is the place of expectation.



Goethe Quotes: "One never goes so far as when one doesn't know where one is going."

One never goes so far as when one doesn't know where one is going.



Goethe Quotes: "Common sense is the genius of humanity."

Common sense is the genius of humanity.