One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

The world remains ever the same.

The world remains ever the same.

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.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

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

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

Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher...

Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher...

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of...

Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of...

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

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

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

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...

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...