Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has...

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has...

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are...

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are...

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

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...

A person hears only what they understand.

A person hears only what they understand.

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 are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

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

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

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

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.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall...

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall...

People hardly ever make use of the freedom they have, for example, freedom of thought;...

People hardly ever make use of the freedom they have, for example, freedom of thought;...