Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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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...

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay...

Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay...

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

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.

The little man is still a man.

The little man is still a man.

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself...

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself...

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

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.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.