If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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In comradeship is danger countered best.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

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...

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

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

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

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not...

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not...

The little man is still a man.

The little man is still a man.

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long...

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long...

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

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...

If you have any faith, give me, for heaven's sake, a share of it! Your...

If you have any faith, give me, for heaven's sake, a share of it! Your...

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

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...

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.