21 Quotes by Johann von Goethe



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    Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not.

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    Age does not make us childish, as some say it only finds us true children still.

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    Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

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    Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

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    It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.

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

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    Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.

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