Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 


It is better to be deceived by one’s friends than to deceive them.”

Author: Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Topic: FriendshipLie
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“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.”

Author: Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Topic: Happiness, Peace, Home, Family
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“Life is the childhood of our immortality.”

Author: Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Topic: Life, Immortality
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“Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.”

Author: Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Topic: Thinking, Knowledge
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“Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.”

Author: Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Topic: Mathematics
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“The things I know, every man can know, but, oh, my heart is mine alone.”

Author: Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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“Behaviour is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.”

Author: Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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“The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.”

Author: Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Topic: Limitations, Perfection
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“To rule is easy, to govern difficult.”

Author: Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Topic: Leadership
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“A useless life is an early death.”

Author: Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Topic: Life, Death
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