#maxims and reflections

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Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then criticism will gradually yield to him.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maxims and Reflections

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From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Maxims and Reflections

[baron-amaro]

“It is sad to watch an outstandingly talented man battling frantically with himself, his circumstances, his time, without ever managing to get anywhere.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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There is no surer way of evading the world than by art; and no surer way of uniting with it than by art.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maxims and Reflections

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"Ignorant people raise questions which were answered by the wise thousands of years ago."

J. W. von Goethe

Maxims and Reflections

[finita--la--commedia]

Hope is the second soul of those who are unfortunate.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832), from “Art and Antiquity” in “Maxims and Reflections”, translated from the German by Elisabeth Stopp

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