Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wise Quotes

164 quotes · Poet, Playwright, Novelist

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

All Philosophical Wise Creative Love Spiritual 164 quotes · page 12 of 14

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Wise

“Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. [Ger., Es bildet ein talent sich in der Stille, Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.]”

World Character Solitude

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Wise

“One needs only to get old to become milder; I don't see anyone make a mistake I hadn't also made.”

Needs Age Mistake

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Wise

“Accepting good advice means nothing other than to strengthen one's own ability.”

Mean Advice

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Wise

“Errors belong to libraries; truth, to the human mind.”

Mind Errors

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Wise

“There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis.”

Doe Army Moral

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“Conscience is the virtue of the observers not the agents of action”

Action Virtue

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“One does not get to know that one exists until one rediscovers oneself in others.”

Doe Knows

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“No matter what one says, you can recognize only those matters that are equal to you. Only rulers who possess extraordinary abilities will recognize and esteem properly extraordinary abilities in their subjects and servants.”

Matter Ability Equality

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“Without my attempts in natural science, I should never have learned to know mankind such as it is. In nothing else can we so closely approach pure contemplation and thought, so closely observe the errors of the senses and of the understanding, the weak and strong points of character.”

Character Strong Errors

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Wise

“The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.”

Men Play

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Wise

“One must keep repeating the Truth.”

Truth

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“The greatest step forward would be to see that everything factual is already theory. The blueness of the sky reveals the basic lawof chromatics. Don't look for anything behind the phenomena, they themselves are the doctrine.”

Sky Steps Doctrine

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