Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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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.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

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...

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

In art the best is good enough.

In art the best is good enough.

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

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

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are...

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are...

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us...

Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us...

As times change, you want to really revere your heredity, but you don't want to...

As times change, you want to really revere your heredity, but you don't want to...

Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate...

Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate...