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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

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.

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.

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my...

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my...

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the...

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the...

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

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...

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...

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

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...

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...

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

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

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

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...

A guilty conscience needs no accuser

A guilty conscience needs no accuser

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within