{"id":596,"date":"2021-03-15T00:17:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T00:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goldenproverbs.com\/testsite\/?p=596"},"modified":"2022-11-20T03:21:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T03:21:52","slug":"johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goldenproverbs.com\/testsite\/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goldenproverbs.com\/testsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/goethe2.jpg\" alt=\"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goldenproverbs.com\/testsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/goethe2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.goldenproverbs.com\/testsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/goethe2-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>German poet, novelist, playwright, courtier, and natural philosopher, one of the greatest figures in Western literature. His most famous work is the poetic, alchemical drama in two parts, &#8220;Faust&#8221;. Like the famous character of this poem, Goethe was interested in alchemy.<\/p>\n<p>He also made important discoveries in connection with plant and animal life and evolved a non-Newtonian and unorthodox theory of the character of light and color. He is considered one of the greatest contributors of the German Romantic period. (1749-1832)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>&#8211; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes &#8211;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A clever man commits no minor blunders.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A man&#8217;s manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A person hears only what they understand.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A useless life is an early death.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age merely shows what children we remain.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All things are only transitory.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>An unused life is an early death.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one&#8217;s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of douts of my own.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Patriotism ruins history.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German poet, novelist, playwright, courtier, and natural philosopher, one of the greatest figures in Western literature. His most famous work is the poetic, alchemical drama in two parts, &#8220;Faust&#8221;. Like the famous character of this poem, Goethe was interested in alchemy. He also made important discoveries in connection with plant and animal life and evolved a non-Newtonian and unorthodox theory of the character of light and color. He is considered one of the greatest contributors of the German Romantic period. (1749-1832) &#8211; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes &#8211; Who is the most sensible person? 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