He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have...

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

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.

Precaution is better than cure.

Precaution is better than cure.

In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which...

In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which...

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

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...

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

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...

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the...

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the...

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and...

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and...

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always...

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always...

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.