The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

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...

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

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...

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...

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.

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my...

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my...

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...

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

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...

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must...

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must...

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

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

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

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

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.