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

Topics: Books Quotes, Writing Quotes

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Where there are no women there are no good manners

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the...

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the...

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...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs...

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs...

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

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...

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

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

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

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic...

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day,...

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will...

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will...