Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

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...

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy...

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy...

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

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.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

A book is a storehouse carried in the pocket

A book is a storehouse carried in the pocket

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.