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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

An unused life is an early death.

An unused life is an early death.

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

No words are necessary between two loving hearts

No words are necessary between two loving hearts

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

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

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

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

Capitalism is founded on greed and envy

Capitalism is founded on greed and envy

The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct proportion to the swiftness of...

The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct proportion to the swiftness of...