The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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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...

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the...

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the...

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

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

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

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy...

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy...

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

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.

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and...

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and...

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

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

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

To create something you must be something.

To create something you must be something.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.