Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us...

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us...

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

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

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

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

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...

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

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

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

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

To create something you must be something.

To create something you must be something.

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.