One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

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...

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

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

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

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own...

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own...

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

All things are only transitory.

All things are only transitory.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand

My nature is subdued to what it works in, like the dyer's hand