586 ordspråk av Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity
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There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world.
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There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they are made like this-did not use their imaginations so busily in recalling the memories of past misfortunes, instead of trying to bear an indifferent present.
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They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.
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They travel with a constant companion, autumn.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least
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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
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Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking
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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.
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This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us
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Those that are firm in their will mold the world to themselves.
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