Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Genius Quotes

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

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.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

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.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are...

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are...

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

No words are necessary between two loving hearts

No words are necessary between two loving hearts

Love at first sight is one of the greatest labor-saving devices the world has ever...

Love at first sight is one of the greatest labor-saving devices the world has ever...

The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once,...

The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once,...

O what a heaven is love! O what a hell!

O what a heaven is love! O what a hell!