Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Talent Character

Speaker

Leonore

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Torquato Tasso

Medium

Play

Language

German

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Writer

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Germany Europe

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Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Torquato Tasso. Leipzig, 1790, act 1, sc. 1.

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Another quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One lives but once in this world.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Clavigo

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Preciousness of life Nature of life
Speaker
Carlos

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
Clavigo
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play) Tragedy
Language
German
Time
1774 1770s 18th century
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Citation

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Clavigo. Leipzig: In der Weygand'schen Buchhandlung, 1774, act 1, sc. 1.

Another quote from the 1790s

The guests are met, the feast is set:
May'st hear the merry din?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Parties

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Source
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1798 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 1.

Another quote about Character

Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows.

Hesiod

Works and Days

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Topic
Hard work Excellence Character Virtue The human condition

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Hesiod
Source
Works and Days
Medium
Poem
Genre
Didactic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Hesiod. Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι [Works and Days]. c. 700 BC, l. 289.

Current Citation

Hesiod. "Works and Days." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 289.

Another quote originally in German

The great question that has never been answered…is what does a woman want?

Sigmund Freud

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Topic
Men and women
Speaker
Sigmund Freud
Statement Type
Question
Language
German
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Stated to Marie Bonaparte during their psychoanalytic session. 8 Dec. 1925.