Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be superstitious

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

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.

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...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

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...

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that...

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that...

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

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

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

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

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

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something...

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something...

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against...

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...