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A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

More from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  1. In der Kunst ist das Beste gut genug.
  2. A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.
  3. Noble be man, Helpful and good! For that alone Sets hims apart From every other creature On earth.
  4. Untersuchen was ist, und nicht was behagt
  5. When young one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to re…
  6. We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.
  7. Getting along with women, Knocking around with men, Having more credit than money, Thus one goes through the world.
  8. The spirits that I summoned up I now can't rid myself of.

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Topics in this quote

  • ethics
  • relationships
  • leadership
  • character
  • community
  • influence

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