He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

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...

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

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...

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

An unused life is an early death.

An unused life is an early death.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts...

One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts...

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...