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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

All things are only transitory.

All things are only transitory.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

The little man is still a man.

The little man is still a man.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not...

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not...

A person hears only what they understand.

A person hears only what they understand.

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...

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

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...

Love can do much, but duty more.

Love can do much, but duty more.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

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...

The society of women is the element of good manners.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they...

There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they...

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.

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love...

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love...

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

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

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