The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Without haste, but without rest.

Without haste, but without rest.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

All things are only transitory.

All things are only transitory.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

Precaution is better than cure.

Precaution is better than cure.

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

Love can do much, but duty more.

Love can do much, but duty more.