It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but not for a serious-minded man to marry a lighthearted woman.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Women Quotes

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of...

The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of...

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

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...

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Live dangerously and you live right.

Live dangerously and you live right.

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...

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

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.

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...

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...

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

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...

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.