Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which...

In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which...

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...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

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...

The unnatural, that too is natural.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will...

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will...

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

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...

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

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

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

The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is...

The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is...

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put...

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put...

You often start with a job you don't want on the way to fulfilling the...

You often start with a job you don't want on the way to fulfilling the...

We are all living with a purpose, but its interpretation for many seems to be...

We are all living with a purpose, but its interpretation for many seems to be...