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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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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...

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

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...

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

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...

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

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...

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

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

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion...

The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion...

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

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...

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that...

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that...

The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age...

The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age...

The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.

The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.