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Behavior is a mirror in which every one shows his image. [Ger., Das Betragen ist ein Spiegel in welchem jeder sein Bild zeigt.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
Aphorist
Art Critic
Art Theorist
Autobiographer
Botanist
Composer
Diarist
Diplomat
Jurist
Lawyer
Librarian
Librettist
Literary
Frankfurt/Main
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Give shape, artist! don't talk! Your poem be but a breath.
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All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.
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We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.
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Let there be truth between us.
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The eternal feminine draws us on high.
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Girls we love for what they are young men for what they promise to be.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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To appear at church every Sunday to look down upon, and let himself be looked at for an hour by the congregation, is the best means of becoming popular which can be recommended to a young sovereign.
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Painting and tattooing the body is a return to animalism.
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In art, the best is good enough.
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive.
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In comradeship is danger countered best.
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As long as you are not aware of the continual law of Die and Be Again, you are merely a vague guest on a dark Earth.
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Lamps make oil-spots and candles need snuffing it is only the light of heaven that shines pure and leaves no stain.
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A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
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The best benefit we derive from history is the enthusiasm it excites.
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Idea and experience will never coincide in the center only through art and action are they united.
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It is sometimes essential for a husband and a wife to quarrel - they get to know each other better.
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