“Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.”

More from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• “Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.”

  — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Wisdom

• “A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”

  — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Famous Quotes

• “Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.”

  — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Famous Quotes · Inspirational

• “Character develops itself in the stream of life.”

  — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Famous Quotes · Life

• “Wisdom is found only in truth.”

  — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Wisdom

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