Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

A Top 10 collection and more of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes. Johann was a famous German writer, philosopher, playwright and poet.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in 1749 and is one of Germany's greatest literary figures.

He was also a philosopher, playwright, scientist, and his poetry has been set to music by many great composers including Beethoven and Mozart.

Johann was famous by the age of 25 after writing his first play and then novel The Sorrows of Young Werther which were both highly successful. However he is best known for his play Faust, published in two parts, the first in 1808 and the second part following on just after his death in 1832.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

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"You can easily judge the character of a man
by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward.
They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"As soon as you trust yourself,
you will know how to live."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"If you treat an individual as he is,
he will remain how he is.
But if you treat him as if he were
what he ought to be and could be,
he will become what he ought to be and could be."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"To think is easy. To act is hard.
But the hardest thing in the world
is to act in accordance with your thinking."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"Character develops itself in the stream of life." 

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"A man should hear a little music,
read a little poetry,
and see a fine picture every day of his life,
in order that worldly cares
may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful
which God has implanted in the human soul."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"Life belongs to the living,
and he who lives must be prepared for changes."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes...

"Nothing is so strong as gentleness,
nothing so gentle as real strength."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds;
our planet is the mental institution of the universe."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"I love those who yearn for the impossible."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"One can be instructed in society,
one is inspired only in solitude."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"If you've never eaten while crying
you don t know what life tastes like."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!"

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"Common sense is the genius of humanity."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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