The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Tomorrow the sun will also rise to the occasion of another day with equal grandeur....

Tomorrow the sun will also rise to the occasion of another day with equal grandeur....

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch...

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch...

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

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...

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

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...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

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...

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden

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...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...