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Quotations by author » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Playwright, Poet, Novelist and Dramatist. 1749-1832
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There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
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There is no art in turning a goddess into a witch, a virgin into a whore, but the opposite operation, to give dignity to what has been scorned, to make the degraded disireable, that calls for art or for character.
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There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can form no surer bond with it than through art
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There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable.
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There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternally new now that builds and creates itself out of the Best as the past withdraws.
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There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science
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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
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There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
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There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world.
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There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they are made like this-did not use their imaginations so busily in recalling the memories of past misfortunes, instead of trying to bear an indifferent present.
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They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.
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They travel with a constant companion, autumn.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least
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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
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Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking
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This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
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