Where there are no women there are no good manners

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

Live dangerously and you live right.

Live dangerously and you live right.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

On all the peaks lies peace.

On all the peaks lies peace.

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the...

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the...

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

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

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

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.