Famous Quotes / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
443 Quotations by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 41. Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
- 42. Before you can do something you must first be something.
- 43. Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image
- 44. Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do wh ...
- 45. Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.
- 46. Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirk ...
- 47. Character develops itself in the stream of life.
- 48. Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
- 49. Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.
- 50. Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.
- 51. Common sense is the genius of humanity.
- 52. Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a ...
- 53. Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy canno ...
- 54. Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
- 55. Death is a commingling of eternity with time. Iin the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking ...
- 56. Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
- 57. Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.
- 58. Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.
- 59. Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
- 60. Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky ...