People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as if they were afraid to lose their dignity by too much familiarity.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Dignity Quotes, Money Quotes

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

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

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay...

Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay...

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...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

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...

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

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.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

An unused life is an early death.

An unused life is an early death.

The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own...

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own...

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

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.