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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Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see...

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see...

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...

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn...

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn...

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds