More from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  1. Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
  2. As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
  3. A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.
  4. Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
  5. A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
  6. Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
  7. A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation wi…
  8. Distrust those in whom the desire to punish is strong.

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