The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Age Quotes

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

The solution of every problem is another problem

The solution of every problem is another problem

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have...

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have...

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see...

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see...

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads...

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads...

Precaution is better than cure.

Precaution is better than cure.

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

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

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...

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,...

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and...

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and...

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

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...