Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny....

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny....

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs...

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs...

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

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.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go.

It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go.

To love a women, is to know a womens wants and her needs without her...

To love a women, is to know a womens wants and her needs without her...

Life is very short and there's no time, for fussing and fighting my friend. I...

Life is very short and there's no time, for fussing and fighting my friend. I...