Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

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

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

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch...

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

If you have any faith, give me, for heaven's sake, a share of it! Your...

If you have any faith, give me, for heaven's sake, a share of it! Your...

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

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...

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

All things are only transitory.

All things are only transitory.

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always...

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always...

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.