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 6 of 14

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Wise

“The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.”

Men Loses Privilege

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Wise

“It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero.”

Men Hero Said

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“It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.”

Self Firsts

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“The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions.”

Feelings Emotional

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“To be sure, we have inherited abilities, but our development we owe to thousands of influences coming from the world around us from which we appropriate what we can and what is suitable to us.”

World Development Environment

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“The further one advances in experience, the closer one comes to the unfathomable; the more one learns to utilize experience, the more one recognizes that the unfathomable is of no practical value.”

Learning Experience Practicals

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“Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.”

Passion Power

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“If you wish a wise answer, you must put a rational question.”

Wise Wish

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“The art of governing is a great metier, requiring the whole man, and it is therefore not well for a ruler to have too strong tendencies for other affairs.”

Men Art Strong

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“A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself.”

Men Taken Greatness

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“Passions are defects or virtues in the highest power.”

Passion Virtue

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“Beautiful is greater than Good, for it includes the Good.”

Beautiful Beauty

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