Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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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 most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end...

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end...

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love,...

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love,...

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

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.

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...

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 credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the...

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the...

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

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

People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or...

People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or...

Few people have the imagination for reality.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

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...

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a...

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a...