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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Tell me, how do you cope so calmly With crazy youth's arrogant way? Indeed, youth would be insufferable, Had I myself not also been insufferable."

Tell me, how do you cope so calmly With crazy youth's arrogant way? Indeed, youth would be insufferable, Had I myself not also been insufferable.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "It is a misfortune to pass at once from observation to conclusion, and to regard both as of equal value; but it befalls many a student."

It is a misfortune to pass at once from observation to conclusion, and to regard both as of equal value; but it befalls many a student.




Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "The world of empirical morality consists for the most part of nothing but ill will and envy."

The world of empirical morality consists for the most part of nothing but ill will and envy.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "True art can only spring from the intimate linking of the serious and the playful."

True art can only spring from the intimate linking of the serious and the playful.




Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Normally, people believe that, if they hear just words, that these words must lead to some thought."

Normally, people believe that, if they hear just words, that these words must lead to some thought.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel."

It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms."

Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.




Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world."

Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Mozart is a human incarnation of the divine force of creation."

Mozart is a human incarnation of the divine force of creation.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero. The valet, I dare say, has great respect for some person of his own stamp."

Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero. The valet, I dare say, has great respect for some person of his own stamp.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "The shudder of awe is humanity's highest faculty, Even though this world is forever altering its values."

The shudder of awe is humanity's highest faculty, Even though this world is forever altering its values.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Dauer in Wechsel. Duration in change."

Dauer in Wechsel. Duration in change.




Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "He who can not learn to love must flatter."

He who can not learn to love must flatter.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "If you want to get pleasure out of life, you must attach value to the world."

If you want to get pleasure out of life, you must attach value to the world.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Self knowledge is best learned not by contemplation, but by action."

Self knowledge is best learned not by contemplation, but by action.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "I laugh at my heart, and do its will"

I laugh at my heart, and do its will



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Everyone is deceived in his hopes, cheated in his expectations."

Everyone is deceived in his hopes, cheated in his expectations.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always end up by returning to that path which nature has marked out for him."

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always end up by returning to that path which nature has marked out for him.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "There is nothing in the world more pitiable than an irresolute man, oscillating between two feelings, who would willingly unite the two and who does not perceive that nothing can unite them"

There is nothing in the world more pitiable than an irresolute man, oscillating between two feelings, who would willingly unite the two and who does not perceive that nothing can unite them



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "The Woman-Soul leadeth us upward and on!"

The Woman-Soul leadeth us upward and on!



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous."

Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back to the right road."

Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back to the right road.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Gray is the color of all theory"

Gray is the color of all theory



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings."

Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "What a day it is when we must envy the men in their graves."

What a day it is when we must envy the men in their graves.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "The world of reason is to be regarded as a great and immortal being, who ceaselessly works out what is necessary, and so makes himself lord also over what is accidental."

The world of reason is to be regarded as a great and immortal being, who ceaselessly works out what is necessary, and so makes himself lord also over what is accidental.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "If you want to understand poetry, You have to go to its origin, If you want to understand the poet, You have to go to the Poet's home."

If you want to understand poetry, You have to go to its origin, If you want to understand the poet, You have to go to the Poet's home.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "If you are convinced of a matter, you must take sides or you don't deserve to succeed."

If you are convinced of a matter, you must take sides or you don't deserve to succeed.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Writing is busy idleness."

Writing is busy idleness.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "We're really up against it, we poor women: A bachelor's a hard thing to convert"

We're really up against it, we poor women: A bachelor's a hard thing to convert



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "And I like those authors best whose scenes describe my own situation in life-- and the friends who are about me whose stories touch me with interest, from resembling my own homely existence."

And I like those authors best whose scenes describe my own situation in life-- and the friends who are about me whose stories touch me with interest, from resembling my own homely existence.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed."

Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Man must strive, and striving he must err."

Man must strive, and striving he must err.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "When you take a man as he is, you make him worse. When you take a man as he can be, you make him better."

When you take a man as he is, you make him worse. When you take a man as he can be, you make him better.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Children, love one another, and if that is not possible-at least try to put up with one another."

Children, love one another, and if that is not possible-at least try to put up with one another.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator."

A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "If you treat men the way they are you never improve them. If you treat them the way you want them to be, you do."

If you treat men the way they are you never improve them. If you treat them the way you want them to be, you do.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it."

The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "There is no patriotic art."

There is no patriotic art.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "To know of someone here and there whom we accord with, who is living on with us, even in silence - - this makes our earthly ball a peopled garden."

To know of someone here and there whom we accord with, who is living on with us, even in silence - - this makes our earthly ball a peopled garden.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "We can stand only a certain amount of unhappiness; anything beyond that annihilates us or passes us by, leaving us apathethetic."

We can stand only a certain amount of unhappiness; anything beyond that annihilates us or passes us by, leaving us apathethetic.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Who can think wise or stupid things at all that were not thought already in the past."

Who can think wise or stupid things at all that were not thought already in the past.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Wisdom is only found in truth."

Wisdom is only found in truth.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Of the truly creative no one is ever master; it must be left to go its own way."

Of the truly creative no one is ever master; it must be left to go its own way.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something."

Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Whoever aspiring, struggles on, for him there is salvation."

Whoever aspiring, struggles on, for him there is salvation.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "To make an epoch in the world, two conditions are manifestly essential-a good head and a great inheritance."

To make an epoch in the world, two conditions are manifestly essential-a good head and a great inheritance.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "To make a young couple love each other, it is only necessary to oppose and separate them."

To make a young couple love each other, it is only necessary to oppose and separate them.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Sound and sufficient reason falls, after all, to the share of but few men, and those few men exert their influence in silence."

Sound and sufficient reason falls, after all, to the share of but few men, and those few men exert their influence in silence.