It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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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...

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

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...

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...

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...

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

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

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

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of...

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of...

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.

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

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 your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of...

A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of...

If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear...

If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear...

All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one...

All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one...