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Letter "J" » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
«Out of moderation a pure happiness springs.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
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moderation, springs
«Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
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continual, endured
«When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.»
«In art the best is good enough.»
«Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. I therefore show you only the best works; and when you are grounded in these, you will have a standard for the rest, which you will know how to value, without overrating them.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
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overrating, tolerably
«What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.»
«Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.»
«If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
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Ten Years Later
«Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
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Necessity
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casts, elevates, petty
«You are aware of only one unrest;Oh, never to learn the other!Two souls, alas, are dwelling in my breast,And one is striving to forsake its brother.»
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