Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

1.7K quotes · Poet, Playwright, Novelist

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

All Philosophical Wise Creative Love Spiritual 1.7K quotes · page 27 of 50

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Love

“I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.”

Heart Soul Noble

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Wise

“We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.”

Father Age Son

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Courageous

“He who is resolute conquers grief.”

Grief Conquer

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Grateful

“The society of women is the element of good manners.”

Elements Good Man

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Hopeful

“Hope is the second soul of the unhappy.”

Soul Hope Unhappy

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Ambitious

“Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.”

Knowledge Genius

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Angry

“For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.”

Bears Reputation

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Philosophical

“When intelligent and sensible people despise knowledge in their old age, it is only because they have asked too much of it and of themselves.”

People Intelligent Knowledge

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Spiritual

“The beginning of faith is the beginning of fruitfulness; but the beginning of unbelief, however glittering, is empty.”

Lying Faith Empty

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Philosophical

“Time is a strange thing. It is a whimsical tyrant, which in every century has a different face for all that one says and does.”

Time Tyrants Different Faces

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Philosophical

“Not all that is presented to us as history has really happened; and what really happened did not actually happen the way it is presented to us; moreover, what really happened is only a small part of all that happened. Everything in history remains uncertain, the largest events as well as the smallest occurrence.”

Way Events History

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Determined

“It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.”

Life Running Success

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