Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests...

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests...

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...

All things are only transitory.

All things are only transitory.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward

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

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

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to 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...

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

Create your future from your future not your past.

Create your future from your future not your past.

You can never solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created the...

You can never solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created the...

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...