Creative Quotations from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(1749-1832) born on Aug 28

German "poet, dramatist". "He was the greatest figure of the German Romantic period, e.g., "Faust," 1808."

Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent."

"Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess."

"Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game."

"We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden."

"Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time."

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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "The Book of Success," ed. Richard Shea, 1993."
R:	"In "Pearls of Wisdom," ed. J. Agel and W. Glanze, 1987."
A:	"In "Quotable Quotations," by Lloyd Cory, 1987."
N:	"In "The Book of Success," ed. Richard Shea, 1993."
K:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."