Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Biography : German writer and statesman.
Born: 1749 - Died: 1832
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

Germany

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Quotes

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

happiness

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Age merely shows what children we remain.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We can't form our children on our own concepts we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

love

Character develops itself in the stream of life.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

life

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

imagination

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

heart

Love can do much, but duty more.
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It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.
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A useless life is an early death.
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