586 ordspråk av Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe föddes den August 28th 1749 och dog den 22 March 1832 - German writer
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 I am not omniscient, but much is known to me. |
| I call architecture frozen music. |
| I can promise to be frank, I cannot promise to be impartial. |
| I can promise to be sincere, but not to be impartial |
| I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator. |
| I do not know myself and God forbid that I should |
| I do not speak of what I cannot praise. |
| I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy. |
| I find the great thing in this world is, not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. |
| I had toward the poetic art a peculiar relation which was only practical after I had cherished in my mind for a long time a subject which possessed me, a model which inspired me, a predecessor who attracted me, until at length, after I had molded it |
| I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads to the misery and ruin of many thousands and millions of people |
| I have found among my papers a sheet . . . in which I call architecture frozen music. |
| I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs. |
| I love those who yearn for the impossible. |
| I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut. |
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Proverb (1469548 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
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