Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own...

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own...

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.

A useless life is an early death.

A useless life is an early death.

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

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

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Nothing is worth more than this day.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

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.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

Without haste, but without rest.

Without haste, but without rest.

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...

On all the peaks lies peace.

On all the peaks lies peace.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.