The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

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...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

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.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

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...

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder...

The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder...

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....