Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Do the duty which lies nearest to thee.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Do you want to live happily? Travel with two bags, one for giving, the other for receiving.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Each ten years of a man’s life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Error is to truth as sleep is to waking. I have observed that one turns, as if refreshed, from error back to truth.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Even dirt glitters when the sun is shining upon it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every beginning is cheerful.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every need whose true satisfaction is denied leads by necessity to faith.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every solution of a problem is a new problem.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all merely exists for his sake.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe