Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"The most original authors are not so because they advance what is new, but because they put what they have to say as if it had never been said before."	Creativity, Writing
"Everything in the world may be endured, except continual prosperity."	Miscellaneous
"A man's errors are what make him amiable."	Ability, Men
"Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life."	Death, Life, Nature
"All truly wise thoughts have been thought thousands of times; But to make them truly ours we must think them over again honestly, Until they take root in our personal experience."	Change, Experience, Honesty
"To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him, their own selves, their version of him."	Excellence, Love
"If your treat an individual ... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be."	Miscellaneous
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if it were possible, speak a few reasonable words."	Ability, Evil, Poetry
"Viewed from the summit of reason, all life looks like a malignant disease and the world like a madhouse."	Life
"We know accurately only when we know little; with knowledge doubt increases."	Doubt, Knowledge, Wisdom
"The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them."	Age, Art
"Difficulties increase the nearer we approach our goal."	Adversity, Difficulty, Goals
"A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss."	Miscellaneous
"One man's word is no man's word; we should quietly hear both sides."	Men
"Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow."	Desires, Wants
"We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves."	Miscellaneous
"If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own."	Doubt, Lies
"The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings."	Failure, Men
"If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own."	Books, Knowledge, Men
"One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste."	Miscellaneous
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Adversity	Age	Ambition
Art	Beginnings	Books
Change	Character	Courage
Creativity	Darkness	Death
Desires	Destiny	Destruction
Difficulty	Doubt	Dreams
Education	Evil	Excellence
Experience	Failure	Faith
Fate	Friends	Genius
Goals	Government	Happiness
Help	Honesty	Hope
Humor	Ignorance	Insults
Intelligence	Joy	Knowledge
Laughter	Law	Lies
Life	Light	Love
Men	Military	Miscellaneous
Mistakes	Monarchy	Money
Music	Nature	Opportunity
Peace	Poetry	Power
Reading	School	Sin
Sleeping	Sorrow	Stupidity
Talent	Teaching	Time
Truth	Virtue	Wants
War	Wisdom	Wishing
Women	Writing