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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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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...

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have...

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have...

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....

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...

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

Live dangerously and you live right.

Live dangerously and you live right.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.