"If you wish to know the mind..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
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“The rogue has everywhere the advantage.”
“The bed of flowersLoosens amain,The beauteous snowdropsDroop o'er the plain.The crocus opensIts glowing bud,Like emeralds others,Others, like blood.With saucy gesturePrimroses flare,And roguish violets,Hidden with care;And whatsoeverThere stirs and strives,The Spring's contented,If works and thrives.”
“In comradeship is danger countered best.”
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“We do not truly see light, we only see slower things lit by it, so that for us light is on the edge-the last thing we know before things become too swift for us.”
“Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.”
“Before receiving your instruction, I must tell you what happened to me one day. I had just had a closet built at the end of my garden. I heard a mole arguing with a cockchafer; 'Here's a fine structure,' said the mole, 'it must have been a very powerful mole who did this work.' 'You're joking,' said the cockchafer; 'it's a cockchafer full of genius who is the architect of this building.' From that moment I resolved never to argue.”
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“For your popular rumour, unlike the rolling stone of the proverb, is one which gathers a deal of moss in its wanderings up and down.”
“There is nothing at all that can be talked about adequately, and the whole art of poetry is to say what can't be said.”
“The secret of war lies in the communications.”