A person hears only what they understand.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

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

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

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs...

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs...

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

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...

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has...

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...