The famous quotes about Goethe are summarized as follows:

1. The history of knowledge is like a great polyphony, in which the voices of all nationalities sound one after another.

2. If you have developed patience, please believe that you have done a lot of things.

3. Knowledge alone is not enough, you must also apply it; desire alone is not enough, you must also act.

4. If work is a pleasure, life is paradise!

5. The whole secret of life is to give up survival in order to survive.

6. There is no distinction between king and common people. As long as there is peace at home, you are the happiest person.

7. People travel not to reach a certain place, but to travel.

8. It is human nature to be very aggressive. Human beings must defend themselves as much as possible, starting from childhood and continuing to adulthood.

9. Anyone with talent will always be oppressed by the outside world.

10. Thoughts will be repeated; beliefs will be unwavering; facts will never come back once they are gone.

11. A person with real talent will feel the highest degree of happiness in the process of work.

12. People who are good at utilizing time will always find plenty of time.

13. My life is basically just hard work. I can say that I have lived for seventy-five years and have not lived a comfortable life for a month. It is like pushing a stone up a mountain. He rolled down and then pushed up again.

14. Those who teach others become their strengths and remove their shortcomings.

15. Ambiguous and sloppy education has created a lot of unreliable people.

16. People only live to devote their lives.

17. All I have to do is reach out and reap the crops that others have sown for me.

18. The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation. The two went downhill in tandem.

19. You are happy, so I am happy too.

20. The happiest people are those who can connect the end point and the starting point of their lives. You will feel that you are free.

21. The relationship between error and truth is like the relationship between sleep and wakefulness. When a person awakens from error, he moves toward truth with new strength.

22. The key is to have a heart that loves the truth, encounter the truth anytime and anywhere, and absorb it.

23. Anyone who plays games in life will accomplish nothing. Anyone who cannot dominate himself will always be a slave.

24. Independence is the basic characteristic of genius.

25. Truth is a torch, and it is a huge torch, so when we try to walk past it with the fear of being burned by it, even our eyes can't see it. Open.

26. There are many beautiful and outstanding things in the world, but they are not dependent on each other.

27. The history of knowledge is like a great polyphony, in which the voices of all nations sound one after another.

28. Anyone with talent will always be oppressed by the outside world.

29. Fantasy is the wings of poets, and hypothesis is the ladder of science.

30. Heresy is the poetry of life, so having heretical thoughts does no harm to a poet.

31. The tree of life is evergreen.

32. Anyone who has not eaten bread with tears does not understand the taste of life.

33. Only such a person deserves life and freedom, if he fights for it every day.

34. An outstanding philosopher said that architecture freezes music. Many people shook their heads at his statement. This is inevitable; we believe that there is no other way of saying this ingenious idea. Well, that is to call architecture silent music.

35. Whoever has a brain to think will end up with nothing but feelings.

36. Giving a long speech in front of a crowd without complimenting your audience will only arouse people's disgust.

37. Every second should be creative.

38. The love for truth is reflected in: knowing how to discover and cherish the benefits of every thing.

39. If you can’t do it today, you won’t be able to do it tomorrow. Don't let a day go by in vain. You must make up your mind to grab what is possible and hold it tightly. If you are determined, you will not let it escape, and you must implement it.

40. Struggle is the school for mastering skills, and setbacks are the bridge to the truth.

41. As long as a person claims to be free, he will feel that he is restricted at the same time. If you dare to claim that you are limited, you will feel free.

42. It is a kind of nature to tell others about oneself; therefore, it is a kind of education to take seriously what others tell you about themselves.

43. Truth is a torch, and it is a huge torch, so when we try to walk past it with the fear of being burned by it, even our eyes can't see it. Open.

44. It is much easier to see errors than to discover truth; because errors are in the open and can be overcome; while truth is hidden deep and not everyone can discover it.

45. Many ideas are produced from certain cultural accomplishments, just like young buds growing on green branches.

46. Independence is the basic characteristic of genius.

47. What is the most difficult job in the world? Thought. There is nothing worth thinking about that has not been thought about before; all we have to do is try to think about it again.

48. There is a long time between today and tomorrow; while you still have energy, learn to do things quickly.

49. If you want to like your own value, you have to create value for the world.

50. A person cannot ride two horses. If you ride one horse, you will lose the other horse. A wise person will ignore all requests to distract his energy, and only concentrate on learning one subject, and if he learns one subject, he must learn it well.

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Goethe’s short story

Goethe’s language sometimes has to be admired. It is said that once Goethe was walking in the park and met a critic on a path that could only allow one person to pass. "I never give way to a fool," the critic said. "I'm just the opposite!" Goethe said, smiling and retreating to the side of the road.