For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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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...

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

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.

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

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

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

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.

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs...

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs...

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.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us...

Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us...

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will...

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will...

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a...

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a...

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.