Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and...

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and...

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses...

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses...

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of...

Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of...

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them...

We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them...