People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or later they find themselves debtor or creditor to some one.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Retirement Quotes

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they...

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they...

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the...

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the...

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

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

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

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

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

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

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.