The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

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

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

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on...

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on...

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

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...

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

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

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

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

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

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

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...

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Nothing lasts for ever but the Earth and sky.

Nothing lasts for ever but the Earth and sky.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.