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Letter "J" » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
«Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced; the majority allow themselves to be persuaded.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
aims, converted, delivery, listener, listeners, oral, persuaded, persuasion, persuasions, The Listener
«The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Literature,
Nations
| Keywords:
decline, indicated, indicates, indicating, literature, The Decline
«Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Respect
| Keywords:
brilliant, feat
«I will not be as those who spend the day in complaining of headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
complaining, drinking, headache, headaches, wine
«One ought every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words»
«The Woman-Soul leadeth us upward and on!»
«Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Generosity,
Giving
| Keywords:
catch up, catch up with, go ahead
«Where there are no women there are no good manners»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Value,
Words
| Keywords:
good manners
«Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
behavior, image, Imaged, Image An, Image The, imaging, mirror, mirror image, my image, shows, The Mirror, this image
«One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Generosity,
Giving
| Keywords:
alms
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