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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Live dangerously and you live right.

Live dangerously and you live right.

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...

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that...

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that...

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows...

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows...

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...

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see...

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see...

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

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,...

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...

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Choose only one master - Nature.

Choose only one master - Nature.