Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Ideals Quotes, Love Quotes, Reality Quotes

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the...

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the...

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.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

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.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

In art the best is good enough.

In art the best is good enough.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start...

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

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

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

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must...

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must...

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

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...

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have...

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have...