Superstition is the poetry of life.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

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...

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but...

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but...

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has...

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has...

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

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.

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against...

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against...

Few people have the imagination for reality.

Few people have the imagination for reality.