Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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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...

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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...

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.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always...

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always...

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

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.

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have...

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up...

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up...

The belief in potential human virtue underlies the whole idea of the Bill of Rights;...

The belief in potential human virtue underlies the whole idea of the Bill of Rights;...