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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

(1749–1832) · German Poet & Author

Was a German polymath, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply!
Great talent finds happiness in execution.
Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.
Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

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