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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal."

A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "A leaf that is destined to grow large is full of grooves and wrinkles at the start. Now if one has no patience and wants it smooth offhand like a willow leaf, there is trouble ahead."

A leaf that is destined to grow large is full of grooves and wrinkles at the start. Now if one has no patience and wants it smooth offhand like a willow leaf, there is trouble ahead.




Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Never by reflection, but only by doing is self- knowledge possible to one."

Never by reflection, but only by doing is self- knowledge possible to one.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "The aim of living is life itself."

The aim of living is life itself.




Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick."

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own."

He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon."

Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.




Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "We always hope, and in all things it is better to hope than to despair."

We always hope, and in all things it is better to hope than to despair.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on how one looks at it."

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on how one looks at it.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Personality is everything in art and poetry."

Personality is everything in art and poetry.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art."

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The beginning of faith is the beginning of fruitfulness; but the beginning of unbelief, however glittering, is empty."

The beginning of faith is the beginning of fruitfulness; but the beginning of unbelief, however glittering, is empty.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "He who is resolute conquers grief."

He who is resolute conquers grief.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "A useless life is an early death. [Ger., Ein unnutz Leben ist ein fruher Tod.]"

A useless life is an early death. [Ger., Ein unnutz Leben ist ein fruher Tod.]



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be."

I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "When intelligent and sensible people despise knowledge in their old age, it is only because they have asked too much of it and of themselves."

When intelligent and sensible people despise knowledge in their old age, it is only because they have asked too much of it and of themselves.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent."

We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal."

Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears."

For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Patriotism corrupts history."

Patriotism corrupts history.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity."

The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "The society of women is the element of good manners."

The society of women is the element of good manners.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Alas! how much there is in education, and in our social institutions, to prepare us and our children for insanity."

Alas! how much there is in education, and in our social institutions, to prepare us and our children for insanity.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "What one doesn't understand one doesn't possess."

What one doesn't understand one doesn't possess.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety."

The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Time is a strange thing. It is a whimsical tyrant, which in every century has a different face for all that one says and does."

Time is a strange thing. It is a whimsical tyrant, which in every century has a different face for all that one says and does.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Who are you then?" "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good."

Who are you then?" "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Character develops itself in the stream of life."

Character develops itself in the stream of life.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "The person who in shaky times also wavers only increases the evil, but the person of firm decision fashions the universe."

The person who in shaky times also wavers only increases the evil, but the person of firm decision fashions the universe.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "The greatest happiness for the thinking person is to have explored the explorable and to venerate in equanimity that which cannotbe explored."

The greatest happiness for the thinking person is to have explored the explorable and to venerate in equanimity that which cannotbe explored.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability."

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.



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

Our foibles are really what make us lovable.



Johann Wolfgang Von 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.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed That can make life a garden."

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed That can make life a garden.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise."

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.



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

Few men have imagination enough for reality.



Johann Wolfgang Von 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.



Johann Wolfgang Von 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



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Let us live in as small a circle as we will, we are either debtors or creditors before we have had time to look around."

Let us live in as small a circle as we will, we are either debtors or creditors before we have had time to look around.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "Nature goes her own way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order."

Nature goes her own way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.



Johann Wolfgang Von 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.



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "What government is the best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves. [Ger., Welche Regierung die beste sei? Diejenige die uns lehrt uns selbst zu regieren.]"

What government is the best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves. [Ger., Welche Regierung die beste sei? Diejenige die uns lehrt uns selbst zu regieren.]



Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes: "If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses."

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.



Johann Wolfgang Von 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.



Johann Wolfgang Von 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.



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

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.



Johann Wolfgang Von 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.



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

In art, the best is good enough.