The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Age Quotes

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must...

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must...

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will...

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will...

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...

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

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...

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...

Live dangerously and you live right.

Live dangerously and you live right.

I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all...

I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all...

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

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.

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

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

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

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...

I'll take a breath, take you by my side Under the sunlight, Welcome to this...

I'll take a breath, take you by my side Under the sunlight, Welcome to this...

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must...

When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must...

In bed my real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by allowing...

In bed my real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by allowing...

Real love cannot be deceived because it wants nothing outside of itself

Real love cannot be deceived because it wants nothing outside of itself