Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

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

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

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,...

The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is...

The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is...

Without haste, but without rest.

Without haste, but without rest.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

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

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

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...

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see...

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see...

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

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...

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

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...

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.