In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will be more comfortable.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

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...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

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

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

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...

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...

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but...

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but...

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the...

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the...

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and...

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and...

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

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

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

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

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...

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

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...

My mind is my own church.

My mind is my own church.

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought