Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line.”
“Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.”
“Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.”
“Nothing is more highly to be prized than the value of each day”
“Nothing is worth more than this day.”
“Wealth lost is something lost, honor lost is something lost: Courage lost all is lost.”
“Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine”
“Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.”
“Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world”
“First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.”