Goethe (Goethe)

The mark of highest originality lies in the ability to develop a familiar idea so fruitfully that it would seem no one else would have discovered so much to be hidden in it.
-- Goethe

What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
-- Goethe

None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free.
-- Goethe

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
-- Goethe

Lose this day loitering, 'Twill be the same story Tomorrow -- and the next more dilatory. Then indecision brings its own delays, and days are lost lamenting overdays! Are you ernest? Seize this very minute! What you can do, or dream you can - begin it! Courage has genius, power and magic in it. Only engage, and the mind grows heated. Begin it, and the work will be completed.
-- Goethe

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace, and power in it.
-- Goethe

Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness. At all events, the two latter are of less frequent occurrence.
-- Goethe

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed. That can make life a garden.
-- Goethe

Talent is formed in quiet retreat,
Character in the headlong rush of life.

-- Goethe

Whoever is not acquainted with foreign languages knows nothing of his own.
-- Goethe

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
-- Goethe

Nothing is as terrible to see as ignorance in action.
-- Goethe

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