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Famous Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
“Whoever gives himself up to solitude, Ah! he is soon alone.”
“If you lay duties upon people and give them no rights, you must pay them well.”
“The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist.”
“Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.”
“Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.”
“For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]”
“Give shape, artist! don't talk! Your poem be but a breath.”
“Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive.”
“Mastery is proven only in limitation, and law alone can give us freedom.”
“Do you want to live happily? Travel with two bags, one for giving, the other for receiving.”
“An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.”
“Don't give us your doubts, gives us your certainties, for we have doubts enough of our own.”
“‎It has ever been my fate to give pain to those whose happiness I should have promoted.”
“Everything that frees our spirit without giving us control of ourselves is ruinous.”
“Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope.”
“One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.”
“One glance, one word from you gives more pleasure than all the wisdom of this world.”