The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Wisdom is found only in truth.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

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...

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...

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see...

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see...

The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

Few people have the imagination for reality.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end...

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end...

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...

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...

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

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

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

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

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