A person hears only what they understand.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of...

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of...

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

The little man is still a man.

The little man is still a man.

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Tomorrow the sun will also rise to the occasion of another day with equal grandeur....

Tomorrow the sun will also rise to the occasion of another day with equal grandeur....

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.