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Creative Quotations
from Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe
(1749-1832) born on Aug
28
German polymath, dramatist; considered to be Germany’s
greatest man of letters; originated the concept of World
Literature; best known for Faust, 1808.
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The intelligent man finds
almost everything
ridiculous, the sensible man
hardly anything.
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If any man wishes to
write a clear style, let him
first be clear in
his thoughts.
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Daring ideas are like
chessmen moved
forward. They may be
beaten, but they may
start a winning game.
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The most original of
authors are not so because they
advance what is
new, but because they know how to
say something, as if it had
never been said before.
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Austere perseverance,
harsh and
continuous… rarely fails of
its purpose, for its silent power
grows irreversibly greater with
time.
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