Everything in the world may be endured except cont... -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes to Explore

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do....
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking....
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings....
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable....
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago....
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men....
Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him....
Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this....
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words....
I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should....

Wisdom Quotes to Explore

There's the conventional wisdom, of which I have none, where you get a record deal, you get a publicist, you get a campaign, and you do the tour, but ...
Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning,...
Never say never, but the thought of electively cutting oneself is beyond my grasp, and I also object to it politically. Denying the lines on our faces...
Around '93, '94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated f...
The 'wisdom of the crowds' is the most ridiculous statement I've heard in my life. Crowds are dumb....
I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorg...
What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom....
My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me....
If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom....
After a gig I always head back to the hotel, remembering granny's words of wisdom. I cancel the late-night pizza and watch the Jonathan Ross show inst...