Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“A person hears only what they understand.”
“Superstition is the poetry of life.”
“Giving is the business of the rich.”
“He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.”
“Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.”
“Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach”
“Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent.”
“If any man wishes to write a clear style, let him first be clear in his thoughts.”
“We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us.”
“The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.”