I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Nature Quotes

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them...

We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them...

There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they...

There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they...

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

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

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

A useless life is an early death.

A useless life is an early death.

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads...

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads...

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microspically thin line between...

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microspically thin line between...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...