Famous Quotes / Goethe
49 Quotations by Goethe
- 1. A man's foibles are what makes him lovable.
- 2. Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children
- 3. Architecture is frozen music
- 4. Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest
- 5. Before you can do something you must first be something
- 6. Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image
- 7. Character develops itself in the stream of life
- 8. Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
- 9. Everyone hears only what he understands.
- 10. Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity
- 11. He is happiest who finds peace in his home.
- 12. He who does nothing for others does nothing for himself.
- 13. Human beings, by change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden
- 14. I call architecture frozen music.
- 15. I have had and I have lost
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- 16. In all things it is better to hope than to despair
- 17. It never occurs to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
- 18. Joy and sorrow both have part
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- 19. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do
- 20. Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable