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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Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

The world remains ever the same.

The world remains ever the same.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us...

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us...

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

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.

A useless life is an early death.

A useless life is an early death.

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

To create something you must be something.

To create something you must be something.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.