Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the...

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads...

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start...

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.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

A person hears only what they understand.

A person hears only what they understand.

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and...

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and...

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.