Tag: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.

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Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

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One man’s word is no man’s word we should quietly hear both sides.

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One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.

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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

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Our friends show us what we can do our enemies teach us what we must do.

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Plunge boldly into the thick of life

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Rest not Life is sweeping by go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

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So divinely is the world organized that every one of us, in our place and time, is in balance with everything else.

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