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Quotes by Goethe

He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.

Cursed Mammon be when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate!

If a man thinks about his physical or moral state he usually discovers that he is ill.

The right man is the one that seizes the moment.

Mozart is the human incarnation of the divine force of creation.

The unnatural - that too is natural.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

Every day look at a beautiful picture read a beautiful poem listen to some beautiful music and if possible say some reasonable thing.

Modern poets mix too much water with their ink.

There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis.

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

Science and art belong to the whole world and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire but my heart is all my own.

There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable.

Let him who believes in immortality enjoy his happiness in silence without giving himself airs about it.

He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.

Wisdom is only found in trudi.

The society of women is the foundation of good manners.

Who does not know another language does not know his own.

Everyone hears only what he understands.