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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

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

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

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

Live dangerously and you live right.

Live dangerously and you live right.

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Precaution is better than cure.

Precaution is better than cure.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

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...

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my...

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my...

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they...

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they...

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.