Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows...

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows...

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

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.

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...

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses...

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.