By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Nature Quotes

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

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.

The solution of every problem is another problem

The solution of every problem is another problem

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

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

A useless life is an early death.

A useless life is an early death.

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

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.

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows...

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows...

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right...

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right...

The unnatural, that too is natural.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

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.

Manner is all in all whatever is writ, the substitute for genius sense and wit

Manner is all in all whatever is writ, the substitute for genius sense and wit

Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it...

Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it...