Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Genius Quotes

An unused life is an early death.

An unused life is an early death.

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

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

To create something you must be something.

To create something you must be something.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself...

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself...

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of...

Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of...

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.