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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

In art the best is good enough.

In art the best is good enough.

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

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

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

Experience is only half of experience

Experience is only half of experience

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

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.

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.

A person hears only what they understand.

A person hears only what they understand.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

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...

It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to...

It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to...

You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.

You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.