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219 Famous Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
8/28/1749 - 3/22/1832
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Johann Wolfgang Goethe     Goethe     Johann Goethe
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The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.

Dreams Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Ignorance Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Loving is a feeling that brings both joy and pain to my heart. Joy from being with you, being filled with an emotion so deep and tender that no other feeling can compare. Pain from knowing that I'm so in love, that I'm more vulnerable than I've ever

Joy Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Knowledge Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Knowledge Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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In all things it is better to hope than to despair

Despair Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home

Home Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Observation Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

Priorities Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie. [Ger., Wenn ich irre kann es jeder bemerken; wenn ich luge, nicht.]

Lying Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Source: Spruche in Prosa (III)

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Then indecision brings its own delays,And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute;What you can do, or dream you can, begin it;Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

Dreams Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The universal subjugator, the commonplace. [Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]

Unity Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Source: Taschenbuch fur Damen auf das Jahr

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Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.

Hatred Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Action Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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For the nature of women is closely allied to art

Nature Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Language Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

Manners Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Heart Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Action Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.

Friendship Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

Government Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.

Men Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Thinking Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Thinking Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment

Unhappiness Quotes, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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