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Famous Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
“Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.”
“If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.”
“Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story.”
“An actor should take lessons from a painter and a sculptor.”
“In art, to express the infinite one should suggest infinitely more than is expressed.”
“It is impossible that beauty should ever distinctly appreciate itself.”
“It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]”
“Aptitudes are assumed, they should become accomplishments. That is the purpose of all education.”
“It is a maxim of wise government to treat people not as they should be but as they actually are.”
“We should know mankind better if we were not so anxious to resemble one another.”
“One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.”
“The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.”
“It has ever been my fate to give pain to those whose happiness I should have promoted.”
“They should be ashamed of themselves, all these sober people!”
“There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.”
“He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line.”