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1. quoteinvestigator.com › 2016/02/09 › boldnessWhat You Can Do, or Dream You Can, Begin It; Boldness Has ...

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   Feb 9, 2016 · Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. These two lines are often attributed to the great German playwright and thinker Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. There are different versions of the quotation and some contain the following: Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. . .

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3. www.thoughtco.com › goethe-quote-may-not-be-hisDid Goethe Really Say "Boldness Has Genius"? - ThoughtCo

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   Jun 24, 2019 · Here's what they and others have discovered: The “Until one is committed...” quotation often attributed to Goethe is in fact by William Hutchinson Murray (1913-1996), from his 1951 book entitled The Scottish Himalayan Expedition.*.

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4. www.goodreads.com › work › quotesFaust, First Part Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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   • “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!” ― John Anster, The First Part Of Goethe's Faust.
   • “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, First Part.
   • “A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, First Part.
   • “Who are you then?" "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, First Part.

5. mindfulness4stressreduction.com › 2013/03/01On Commitment, by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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   Mar 1, 2013 · A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising to one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no one could have dreamed would come her way. Whatever you can do or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

6. www.enotes.com › topics › johann-wolfgang-von-goetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Analysis - eNotes.com

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   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s genius extended beyond the short story to embrace all the major genres: the novel, drama, and lyric poetry, as well as nonfiction.

7. kitdunsmore.com › 2015/01/21 › lost-in-translationLost In Translation: How Goethe Gets Credit For Words He ...

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   Jan 21, 2015 · Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. My first thought was: Goethe wrote in German. This difference is due to different translations. Since I know some German, I decided to track down Goethe’s original text and see which of the two translations was closer.

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   Did Goethe write boldness?

   • Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. In modern times parts of the text above have sometimes been directly attributed to Goethe. In fact, none of it was written by Goethe. The couplet was from Anster and the rest should be credited to Murray.

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   Did Goethe say 'boldness and seizing the moment' in German?

   • But this Goethe quote about “boldness” and seizing the moment seems to get more attention than others. If Goethe said or wrote those words, they would be originally in German. Can we find the German source? Any good source of quotations—in any language—will attribute a quote to not only its author but also the work it appears in.

   Did Goethe Really Say "Boldness Has Genius"? - ThoughtCo

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   What is boldness & why is it important?

   • A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising to one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no one could have dreamed would come her way. Whatever you can do or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

   On Commitment, by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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   How does Johann Wolfgang von Goethe dominate German literature?

   • To get a sense of how Johann Wolfgang von Goethe dominates German literature, we would have to imagine a Shakespeare known to the last inch—a Shakespeare squared or cubed. Goethe’s significance is only roughly indicated by the sheer scope of his collected works, which run to a hundred and forty-three volumes.

   Life Lessons from Goethe - The New Yorker

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   Are the Faust lines by Goethe?

   • The Faust lines above are definitely by Goethe. But are these? Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Sometimes the phrase “Begin it!” is also added at the end, and there is a longer version that we'll discuss below. But do these lines actually originate with Goethe, as often claimed?

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   What genres did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe write?

   • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s genius extended beyond the short story to embrace all the major genres: the novel, drama, and lyric poetry, as well as nonfiction.

   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Analysis - eNotes.com

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9. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2016/02/01Life Lessons from Goethe - The New Yorker

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   Jan 24, 2016 · “The Essential Goethe” (Princeton), a rich new anthology, a thousand pages long, edited by Matthew Bell, which valiantly seeks to display every facet of Goethe’s genius, gives the poem in a ...