Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Biography : German writer and statesman.
Born: 1749 - Died: 1832
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

Germany

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Quotes

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.
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happiness

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.
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Age merely shows what children we remain.
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No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.
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Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
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I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.
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It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.
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Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.
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We can't form our children on our own concepts we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.
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love

Character develops itself in the stream of life.
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life

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.
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imagination

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.
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heart

Love can do much, but duty more.
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It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
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Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.
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A useless life is an early death.
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