A mathematician is only perfect insofar as he is a perfect man, sensitive to the beauty of truth.
Quotes from Maxims and Reflections — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749–1832 Germany
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Nothing should be treasured more highly than the value of the day.
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Everything that liberates our mind without at the same time imparting self-control is pernicious.
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The clearest indication of character is what people find laughable.
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The first and last thing demanded of genius is love of truth.
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Nothing is more damaging to a new truth than an old error.
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Among all peoples, the Greeks have dreamt life's dream most beautifully.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which everyone shows his image.
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Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.
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Mysteries do not as yet amount to miracles.
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Everything is simpler than one can imagine, at the same time more involved than can be comprehended.
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People have to become really bad before they care for nothing but mischief, and delight in it.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.