More from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  1. A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
  2. 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.
  3. 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…
  4. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
  5. Everything that emancipates the spirit without giving us control over ourselves is harmful.
  6. As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
  7. Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.
  8. Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

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