It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has...

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has...

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

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

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

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...

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

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.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my...

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny....

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny....

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

I'll take a breath, take you by my side Under the sunlight, Welcome to this...

I'll take a breath, take you by my side Under the sunlight, Welcome to this...