Love can do much, but duty more.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

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

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

Since I have heard often enough that everyone in the end has his own religion,...

Since I have heard often enough that everyone in the end has his own religion,...

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher...

Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher...

To create something you must be something.

To create something you must be something.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

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

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

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs...

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs...

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.