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Letter "J" » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
«The little that is completed, vanishes from the sight of one who looks forward to what is still to do.»
«Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.»
«What does not kill me makes me stronger.»
«Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.»
«Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing»
«Lamps make oil-spots and candles need snuffing; it is only the light of heaven that shines pure and leaves no stain»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Dramatist,
Novelist,
Playwright,
Poet)
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Keywords:
candles,
lamps,
oil,
shines,
snuffed,
snuffing,
snuffs,
snuff it,
snuff out,
spots,
stain
«Great endowments often announce themselves in youth in the form of singularity and awkwardness.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Dramatist,
Novelist,
Playwright,
Poet)
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Keywords:
announce,
announces,
announcing,
awkwardness,
endowment,
endowments,
singularities,
singularity,
youth,
youths
«By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect»
«He alone is great and happy who requires neither to command nor to obey in order to secure his being of some importance in this world»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Dramatist,
Novelist,
Playwright,
Poet)
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Keywords:
alone,
as required,
command,
happy,
importance,
in order,
in this,
In this World,
neither,
Nor,
obey,
order,
requires,
secure,
securing
«Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.»