Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

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.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

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.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or...

People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or...

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

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

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

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...

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

An unused life is an early death.

An unused life is an early death.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

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...

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.