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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All things are only transitory.

All things are only transitory.

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

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

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

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...

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

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.

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.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right...

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right...

Love can do much, but duty more.

Love can do much, but duty more.

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

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.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us...

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us...

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Seek simplicity but distrust it

Seek simplicity but distrust it

With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I...

With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I...

The saying is true, The empty vessel makes the greatest sound

The saying is true, The empty vessel makes the greatest sound