A book is a storehouse carried in the pocket

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

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.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

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...

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

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...

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

The world remains ever the same.

The world remains ever the same.

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...

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

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

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.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem...

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem...

In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible...

In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible...