More from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  1. 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…
  2. A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.
  3. Everything that emancipates the spirit without giving us control over ourselves is harmful.
  4. 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.
  5. Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.
  6. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
  7. Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine tatige Unwissenheit.
  8. As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

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