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01c. 1790 AD

It is enough for thee to know what each day wills; and what each day wills the day itself will tell.

Goethe / quote

02c. 1745 AD

It is from the difference we feel between the finitude of fact and the infinitude of fantasy that all the evils spring which torment humanity.

Jean Jacques Rousseau / quote

03c. 1790 AD

It is generally a sign of a small mind to think differently from great minds.

Goethe / quote

04c. 1790 AD

It is given us to live only once in the world.

Goethe / quote

05c. 1790 AD

It is in human nature soon to relax when not impelled by personal advantage or disadvantage.

Goethe / quote

06c. 1790 AD

It is incredible how much the mind can do to sustain the body.

Goethe / quote

07c. 1790 AD

It is indeed all twilight in this world, a trifle more or less.

Goethe / quote

08c. 1790 AD

It is mere Philistinism on the part of private individuals to bestow too much interest on matters that do not concern them.

Goethe / quote

09c. 1790 AD

It is much easier to bind on a wreath than to find a head worthy to wear it.

Goethe / quote

10c. 1790 AD

It is much easier to recognise error than to find truth; the former lies on the surface, the latter rests in the depths.

Goethe / quote

11c. 1790 AD

It is natural to man to regard himself as the final cause of creation.

Goethe / quote

12c. 1790 AD

It is not enough to know, one must also apply; it is not enough to will to do, one must also do.

Goethe / quote

13c. 1790 AD

It is not enough to take steps which may some day lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.

Goethe / quote

14c. 1790 AD

It is not fit to tell others anything but what they can take up. A man understands nothing but what is commensurate with him.

Goethe / quote

15c. 1790 AD

It is not given to the world to be contented.

Goethe / quote

16c. 1790 AD

It is not good for man to be, especially to work, alone.

Goethe / quote

17c. 1790 AD

It is not good to meddle with divine mysteries.

Goethe / quote

18c. 1790 AD

It is only a part of art that can be taught; the artist needs the whole.

Goethe / quote

19c. 1790 AD

It is only because they are not used to taste of what is excellent that the generality of people take delight in silly and insipid things, provided they be new.

Goethe / quote

20c. 1790 AD

It is only in their misery that we recognise the hand and finger of God leading good men to good.

Goethe / quote

21c. 1790 AD

It is only men collectively that live the life of man.

Goethe / quote

22c. 1790 AD

It is only necessary to grow old to become indulgent. I see no fault committed that I have not committed myself.

Goethe / quote

23c. 1790 AD

It is only with renunciation that life, strictly speaking, can be said to begin.

Goethe / quote

24c. 1790 AD

It is sad to have to live in a place where all our activity must simmer within ourselves.

Goethe / quote