No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

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

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

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of...

The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of...

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.

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...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

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.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

An unused life is an early death.

An unused life is an early death.

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of...

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of...

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.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

People hardly ever make use of the freedom they have, for example, freedom of thought;...

People hardly ever make use of the freedom they have, for example, freedom of thought;...