#or

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#door #everyone #front #his #own

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#child #creation #himself #importance #isolates

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#absent #especially #generous #kindly #those

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#earns #every #every day #freedom #his

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#dear friend #ever #friend #golden #gray

A clever man commits no minor blunders. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#clever #clever man #commits #man #minor

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#answer #correct #kiss #like

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#ignorance #more #nothing #see #terrible

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#find #moral #physical #sick #start