Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes about Sympathy

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Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

Sympathy, Destiny, Joy

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

Sympathy, Blame, Praise

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1882). “The Autobiography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry From My Own Life”, p.576, Library of Alexandria

Seldom in the business and transactions of ordinary life, do we find the sympathy we want.

Sympathy, Ordinary, Want

Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1877). “Correspondence Between Schiller and Goethe, from 1794 to 1805”