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QuoteWorld :: Intelligence :: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Intelligence category:
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"The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything." 4.7500 average rating  
"I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut." 4.6667 average rating  
"The phrases that men hear or repeat continually, end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence." 4.0000 average rating