 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - German drama - 1835 - 556 pages
...delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest ? seize this very minute— What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated— Begin it, and the work will be completed I You know... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1835 - 560 pages
...delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest ? seize this very minute — What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated — Begin it, and the work will be completed ! You know... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1835 - 610 pages
...delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest ? seize this very minute— What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated — Begin it, and the work will be completed 1 You know... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1841 - 346 pages
...are lost lamenting over day«. Are you in earnest? sieze this very minute, What you can do, or think you can, begin it: Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." Original. PRINCIPLE IN ACTION. ВТ ПЕУ. Т. A. GOnl)WI>. SOME persons seek their own happiness... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1842 - 646 pages
...delays, And days are lost, lamenting o'er lost dnys. 'Are you in earnest ? Seize this very minute ! What you can do, or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it ! Only engage, and then the mind grows heated ; Beititi it; and the \\-ork will be completed.' Almost... | |
 | George Washington Light - Conduct of life - 1847 - 398 pages
...own delays, And days are lost lamenting over days. Are you in earnest ? Seize this very minute! What you can do, or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated; Begin it, and the work will be completed ! ' Under the... | |
 | Education - 1850 - 780 pages
...own delays, And days are lost lamenting over days. Are you in earnest ? Seize this very minute! What you can do, or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated ; Begin it, and the work will be completed. Goethe. GRAMMAR-BOOK,... | |
 | 1851 - 398 pages
...own delays, And days are lost lamenting over days. Are you in earnest ? Seize this very minute! What you can do, or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated; Begin it, and the work will be completed. Goethe. GRAMMAR-BOOK,... | |
 | Education - 1851 - 396 pages
...own delays, And days are lost lamenting over days. Are you in earnest ? Seize this very minute! What you can do, or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated; Begin it, and the work will be completed. Goethe. GRAMMAR-BOOK,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Europe - 1851 - 376 pages
...lost, lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest ? Seize this very minute ! What you can do, or think you can, begin it! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it! Only engage, and then the mind grows heated : Begin it, and the work will be completed." Once, as he... | |
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I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. 
