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Letter "J" » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
«A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.»
«The little man is still a man.»
«We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
contract, expand
«Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
footing, shaky
«One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Goodness,
Truth
| Keywords:
astray, coldness, lead astray
«The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to it except what it likes to hear»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Wishes
| Keywords:
managed
«He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.»
«The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
corrects, defects
«Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
clouded, dim, fidelity, see through, steadfast
«I do not know myself and God forbid that I should»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Self-knowledge
| Keywords:
forbid
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