1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Arts and Artists]
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Trust]
Austere perseverance, hash and continuous… rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Perseverance]
Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Purpose]
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Words]
Be he a king or a peasant, he is happiest who finds peace at home.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Home]
Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Beauty]
Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind, and is as various as nature herself.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Beauty]
Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Beauty]
Before you can do something you must first be something.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Action]
Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Behavior]
By seeking and blundering we learn.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Research]
Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Faults]
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Flaws]
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Character]
Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Character]
Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Character]
Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Intelligence and Intellectuals]
Common sense is the genius of humanity.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Common Sense]
Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – [Encouragement]
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