German - Poet | August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832
There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
LoveHeartBehaviorCourtesyTo Love
Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.
MyselfKnowRunAwayWouldThyself
Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
HeartUnhappyFeelingsEarthGive
Every spoken word arouses our self-will.
WordOurEverySpoken WordSpoken
The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.
LifeBeginningManHappyEndBring
Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.
GoodTimeDeathManGood ManSeen
He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.
LifeFreedomDayStormEvery DayHe
A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.
PeoplePersonNobleHoldKnowsHow
All things are only transitory.
ChangeThingsOnlyAll Things
Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.
JoySympathyDestinyLearnPerson
Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.
TimeMoneyPeopleCareEndOthers
Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.
NatureProgressInactionDevelopment
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