Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love...

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love...

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

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

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

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

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Live dangerously and you live right.

Live dangerously and you live right.

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

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

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

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service...

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

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

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

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

Experience is only half of experience

Experience is only half of experience

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

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.

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

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

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