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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

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.

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

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

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

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

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.

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...

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...

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.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.