Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes - Page 2

German writer and statesman

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Mastery passes often for egotism.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Mere curiosity adds wings to every step.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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‘Know thyself?’ If I knew myself, I’d run away.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Nothing is true, but that which is simple.
– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Few people have the imagination for reality.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.
– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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