The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love,...

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love,...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the...

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the...

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but...

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but...

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not...

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not...

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are...

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are...

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

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

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

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

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

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

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.