We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

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...

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end...

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of...

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of...

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...