Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Age Quotes

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

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

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

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...

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

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.

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all...

I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all...

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

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.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

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...

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.