Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing is worth more than this day.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is much easier to recognise error than to find truth; for error lies on the surface and may be overcome; but truth lies in the depths, and to search for it is not given to every one.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You only keep a watch on those who cause you suffering. If you want to remain unknown to the world, all that's needed is not to hurt anyone.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Few people are capable of concerning themselves with the most recent past. Either the present holds us violently captive, or we lose ourselves in the distant past and strive with might and main to recall and restore what is irrevocably lost.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Belief is not the beginning of knowledge- it is the end.”
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Divide and rule, the politician cries; Unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing is more disgusting than the majority: because it consists of a few powerful predecessors, of rogues who adapt themselves, of weak who assimilate themselves, and the masses who imitate without knowing at all what they want.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Real obscurantism is not to hinder the spread of what is true, clear, and useful, but to bring into vogue what is false.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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 desirable, that calls for art or for character.
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