Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

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...

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

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

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

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

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...

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

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

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

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...

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

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 first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.

The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.