Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.”
“Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.”
“You don't have to travel around the world to understand that the sky is blue everywhere”
“There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.”
“When a wife has a good husband it is easily seen in her face.”
“There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”
“Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal”
“People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say visually.”
“All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is exclusively my own.”
“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.”