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This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads to the highest peaks of art, the other to its lowest depths.
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinion of its young people, those under twenty-five.
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe