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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Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

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...

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine...

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine...

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

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.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always...

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always...

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they...

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they...

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they...

A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they...

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.