A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than...

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than...

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

A book is a storehouse carried in the pocket

A book is a storehouse carried in the pocket

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and...

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and...

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

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.

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.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.