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Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#clearly #laughable #men #more #nothing

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#fully #know #learned #themselves

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#objects #own #pictures #position #should

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#knowing #men #other #self-knowledge

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

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#heart #hearts #others #own #uttered

Age merely shows what children we remain. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#children #merely #remain #shows

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

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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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

#down #enough #guesses #him #i

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#passions #powers #their #vices #virtues

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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