German - Poet | August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832
I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I AmPeopleMeThinkBetterTrying
One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.
TimeEnoughWillAlwaysWellApply
The deed is everything, the glory is naught.
GloryEverythingDeedNaught
First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.
LoveTruthGeniusFirstLast
I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.
GodMyselfKnowShouldForbid
If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.
ManBookEnoughDownMy OwnHim
The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.
AloneArtistHimSpiritsHeAfter
If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
StartSickThinkYouFindMoral
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.
CharacterMenThinkNothingMore
What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.
LifeManHalfPosterityGives
The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.
ArtRealityProblemCreateEvery
He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.
WorldBeliefDeadWhoHeAnother
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