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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life
Living
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Correction
Encouragement
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ideas
Winning
May
Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Death
Time
Eternity
Man
Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
People
Public
Thoughtful
Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Destiny
Order
Wishes
Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Time
Day
Evening
Will
Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Trust
Will
A clever man commits no minor blunders.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Man
Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Music
Life
Dignity
Effect
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Letters
Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Character
World
Life is the childhood of our immortality.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life
Childhood
Immortality
Live dangerously and you live right.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Right
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love
Deeds
Desire
Spirit