Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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I love those who yearn for the impossible.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

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...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

A useless life is an early death.

A useless life is an early death.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

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...

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

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

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

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows...

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows...

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

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

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

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the...

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the...

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

A person hears only what they understand.

A person hears only what they understand.

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

Then who are we, the blind ones and the blind folded, that do not know...

Then who are we, the blind ones and the blind folded, that do not know...

An old man loved is winter with flowers

An old man loved is winter with flowers

Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of...

Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of...