Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

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.

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

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

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

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we...

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we...

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

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

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

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....

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

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

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

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end...

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end...

Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your...

Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your...

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness...

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness...