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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German
Poet
Born:
Aug 28
,
1749
Died:
Mar 22
,
1832
He
Life
Man
Nothing
Will
You
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Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You
Opportunity
Absent
Talk
Well
Whenever
He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Think
Imagination
More
He
Himself
Does
Than
Esteemed
Much
Who
To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Will
Must
Conform
Fancy
Hard
Necessity
Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Made
Ourselves
Dependent
Creatures
Last
A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Praise
Person
Places
Themselves
Level
We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wish
Believe
Further
Never
Wished
Than
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Words
Fail
Come
Ideas
Very
Handy
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life
Character
Develops
Talent
Quiet
Current
Human
Places
Human Life
Full
Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every
Above
Mission
Person
Ordinary
Fulfill
Certain
Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Own
Tell
Objects
Pictures
Arranged
Very
Story
Should
Position
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