Quotes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Unsere Wünsche sind die Vorboten der Fähigkeiten, die in uns liegen.

Wir sollen es mit den Kindern machen wie Gott mit uns, der uns am glücklichsten macht, wenn er uns in freundlichem Wahne so hintaumeln läßt.

Thought expands, but paralyzes; action animates, but narrows.

Trato a este pobre corazón como a un niño enfermo; le concedo cuanto me pide. No se lo cuentes a nadie, que no faltaría quien me lo censurase.

O, may you look, full moon that shines, On my pain for this last time: So many midnights from my desk, I have seen you, keeping watch: When over my books and paper, [390] Saddest friend, you appear! Ah! If on the mountain height I might stand in your sweet light, Float with spirits in mountain caves, Swim the meadows in twilight' waves, [395] Free from the smoke of knowledge too, Bathe in your health-giving dew!

Action has magic, grace, and power in it.

Whether the Koran is of eternity I don't ask about that That it is the book of books I believe it to be so as muslim's duty.

Mefistófeles: Sexo desgraçado, sempre na ilusão! Seduzidos sempre, desde o pai Adão! Velhos ficam todos - mas inteligentes? Não caíste ainda em logros bastantes?

Ah, woe! thy lips are chill, And still. How changed in fashion Thy passion! Who has done me this ill?

Be brave, and show them what you've got, [85] Have Fantasy with all her chorus, yes, Mind, Reason, Passion, Tears, the lot, But don't you leave out Foolishness.

Aquel que ha atrapado al diablo, ¡que no lo suelte!; no volverá a atraparlo por segunda vez.

Man despises What he never comprehends, And the Good and the Beautiful vilipends, Finding them often hard to measure: Will the dog, like man, snarl his displeasure?

Sabahleyin azapl? bir rüyadan uyan?nca yok yere ona do?ru kollar?m? uzat?yorum...Daha böyle yar? uykulu halde onu yan?mda arad?ktan sonra iyice uyan?p da yaln?zl???m? anlad???m zaman kalbimden gözya?lar?m?n p?nar? ta??yor ve önümde beliren gelece?in karanl?klar?na kar?? ba??rt?yla a?l?yorum.

in pretending to be brave, to stiffen the others' courage, I found my own courage.

Einer neuen Wahrheit ist nichts schädlicher, als ein alter Irrtum.

Tengo tanto para dar y mis sentimientos hacia lo consumen todo, tengo tanto, tanto, y sin ella todo se convierte en nada.

All comes at last to feeling; Name is but sound and smoke, Beclouding Heaven's warm glow.

Ich bin in einer prächtigen Wohnung sogleich faul und untätig. Geringe Wohnung dagegen, wie dieses schlechte Zimmer, worin wir sind, ein wenig unordentlich ordentlich, ein wenig zigeunerhaft, ist für mich das Rechte; es lässt meiner inneren Natur volle Freiheit, tätig zu sein und aus mir selbst zu schaffen.

Abandoning the flatland ages past, And finding mountains much more to their taste, They toil in labyrinthine caverns, dense With gases that are metal's noble source; 10770 They separate, combine, test, trying to Discover things undreamt of hitherto. By spirit power, subtly, they construct Forms clear and crystalline, without defect; Then in the crystal's eternal silence peering, Perceive what in the upper world is occurring.

Ich gestehe dir gern, dass diejenigen die Glücklichsten sind, die gleich den Kindern in den Tag hineinleben.

Your commercial system has claimed thousands of victims, why not grant a few to Werther?

Nothing damages the good order of a house hold More than a feud that festers underneath The surface among its master's faithful servants. His commands do not, like well tuned music, Echo back to him in the form of promptly Executed work; no, all is jarring Discord, self-will; in the confusion he Himself's confused and scolds away to no Avail. And

ONE HUNDRED TIMES have I been on the point of embracing her. Heavens! what a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it! And laying hold is the most natural of human instincts. Do not children touch everything they see?

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