Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Doubt grows with knowledge.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

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

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

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

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.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

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.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

A useless life is an early death.

A useless life is an early death.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

I must confess, I was born at a very early age.

I must confess, I was born at a very early age.

When I turned two I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a...

When I turned two I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a...

'The will of the nation' is one of those expressions which have been most profusely...

'The will of the nation' is one of those expressions which have been most profusely...