Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes about Friendship

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Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Friendship, Peace, Enemy

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Inspirational, Friendship, Nature

"'Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre' ('Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship')". Book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1796.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Friendship, Friends, Danger

A joy shared is a joy doubled.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Friendship, Real, Real Friends

So, lively brisk old fellow, don't let age get you down. White hairs or not, you can still be a lover.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Friendship, Hair, White

Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Friendship, Old Friends, Strange

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed That can make life a garden.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life, Friendship, Marriage

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship

"My Country", Volume 2, No. 3, published by Litchfield Historical Society, p. 23, September 1968.

This is the true measure of love, When we believe that we alone can love, That no one could ever have loved so before us, And that no one will ever love in the same way after us.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love, Friendship, Romantic