Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Life is the childhood of our immortality.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life, Childhood

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Everything, May, Except

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nothing, Point, View

Age merely shows what children we remain.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Age, Children, Shows

An unused life is an early death.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life, Death, Early

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Great, Character, Through

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Word, Spoken, Arouses

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Yourself, Keep, Anyone

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Woman, Different, Whole

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Book, Him, Down

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Enjoy, Holy, Fame

In art the best is good enough.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Art, Good, Best

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Person, Leave, Behind

Live dangerously and you live right.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Best, Cannot, Quality

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Highest, Virtues, Vices

Precaution is better than cure.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Cure, Precaution

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Character, Everyone, Aim

The little man is still a man.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The unnatural, that too is natural.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Natural, Unnatural

The world remains ever the same.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Appreciate, Noble, Gain

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Path, Cannot, Won

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Words, Ideas, Fail

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Poet

Born: August 28, 1749

Died: March 22, 1832

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