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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than...

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of...

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of...

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.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

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

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

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

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.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.