Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

No words are necessary between two loving hearts

No words are necessary between two loving hearts

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

In art the best is good enough.

In art the best is good enough.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

On all the peaks lies peace.

On all the peaks lies peace.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income.

When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income.

There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working.

There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working.