I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

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• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

  If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

  There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the ot

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

  Age merely shows what children we remain.

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

  Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

  The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

  A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

  The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

  Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

  What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

  He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.