Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

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

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

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.

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...

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

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.

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

If you have any faith, give me, for heaven's sake, a share of it! Your...

If you have any faith, give me, for heaven's sake, a share of it! Your...

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

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

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

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...