Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes About Solitude
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Nothing will change the fact that I cannot produce the least thing without absolute solitude.
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Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain.
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The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. [Ger., Es bildet ein talent sich in der Stille, Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.]
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A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.
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Solitude is fine when you are at peace with yourself and have something definite to do.
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Whoever gives himself up to solitude, Ah! he is soon alone.
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One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.
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As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have not the slightest feeling for seclusion; for solitude, I maintain, when joined with a quiet contemplation of nature, a serene and conscious faith in creation and the Creator, and a few vexations from outside is the only school for a mind of lofty endowment.
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Talents are nurtured best in solitude, But character on life's tempestuous seas!
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