I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads to the misery and ruin of many thousands and millions of people.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher...

Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher...

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

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...

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay...

Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay...

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

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

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...

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

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

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

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...

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against...

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against...

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...

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early...

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early...

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.