We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out of discretion, and so disappears the most beautiful, the most immediate breath of life, irrecoverable for ourselves and for others.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Letters Quotes, Life Quotes

People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or...

People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or...

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

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...

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

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...

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...

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

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.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an...

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an...

The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.

The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.