Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes on Self improvement
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A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.
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In limitations he first shows himself the master, And the law can only bring us freedom.
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Es irrt der Mensch, so lang er strebt.
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Wer immer strebend sich bemuht, Den konnen wir erlosen.
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A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.
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How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away.
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Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
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To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.