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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Nobility Quotes

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.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

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...

In art the best is good enough.

In art the best is good enough.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

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 happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch...

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch...

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love,...

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love,...

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of...

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of...

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

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...

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we...

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.