Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

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.

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

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...

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...

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

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...

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy...

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy...