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

The little man is still a man.

The little man is still a man.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

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

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

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of...

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of...

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...

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

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

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

Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.

Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

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

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

The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of...

The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of...

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

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

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

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a...

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a...

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself...

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself...

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom...

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom...

Being a real man doesn't mean you sleep with 100 girls. It means you fight...

Being a real man doesn't mean you sleep with 100 girls. It means you fight...