Nature alone is illimitably rich, and Nature alone forms the great artist.


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
In all things it is better to hope than to despair
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears. [Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer v...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession of prosperous days. [Ger., Alles...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
While man's desires and aspirations stir, He can not choose but err. [Ger., Es irrt der Mensch...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
The sea is flowing ever, The land retains it never.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life bless...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights. [Ger., Das sterbliche Gesc...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Where there are no women there are no good manners
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
The universal subjugator, the commonplace. [Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the mome...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Everyone hears only what he understands.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult t...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality. [G...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
The sagacious reader who is capable of reading between these lines what does not stand written in t...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
The society of women is the element of good manners.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Loving is a feeling that brings both joy and pain to my heart. Joy from being with you, being filled...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unp...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Each one sees what he carries in his heart
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
A wounded heart can with difficulty be cured. [Ger., Doch ein gekranktes Herz erholt sich schwer.]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie. [Ger., Wenn ich irre kann es jeder bemerken; ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE