Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes

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Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men
Character
Nothing
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life
Talent
Character
Quiet
Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Opportunity
Talk
The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Artist
Spirits
Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Famous
Man
Wood
Wisdom is found only in truth.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wisdom
Truth
Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Fact
Wishes
Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Man
Wishes
Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Government
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ideas
Words
Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men
Self
What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life
Man
Posterity
What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Heart
Will
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Today
Tomorrow
What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life