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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes

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.

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...

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...

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

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

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

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

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

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

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...

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Success is more attitude then aptitude

Success is more attitude then aptitude

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love,...

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love,...

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long...

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long...

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.

I'm a controversial figure: my friends either dislike me or hate me.

I'm a controversial figure: my friends either dislike me or hate me.

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion,...

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion,...