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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

«There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science»
«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.»
«Personality is everything in art and poetry.»
«Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay he seeks to reshape it into a figure; yet it is the same with this art as with all others: only the capacity for it is innate; the art itself must be learned and painstaking»
«We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.»
«Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.»
«They travel with a constant companion, autumn.»
«The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.»
«Nothing is more highly to be prized than the value of each day»
«One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words»