Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

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

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

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are...

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

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

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

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

A useless life is an early death.

A useless life is an early death.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads...

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads...

On all the peaks lies peace.

On all the peaks lies peace.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect...

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect...

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.