Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Faust: Eine Tragödie [erster Teil]
Was ihr den Geist der Zeiten heißt, // Das ist im Grund der Herren eigner Geist, // In dem die Zeiten sich bespiegeln.What you call the spirit of the times Is, in truth, the spirit of the masters themselves, In which the times are reflected.
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Most men, even the most accomplished, are of limited faculties; every one sets a value on certain qualities in himself and others: these alone he is willing to favour, these alone will he have cultivated.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 120
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I have observed that as long as a man lives and exerts himself he can always find food and raiment, though, it may be, not of the choicest description.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 134
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No man learns to know his inmost nature by introspection, for he rates himself sometimes too low, and often too high, by his own measurement. Man knows himself only by comparing himself with other men; it is life that touches his genuine worth.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 152
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Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author knows.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 195
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