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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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start...

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

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...

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

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

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...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something...

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something...

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

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

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

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...