The little man is still a man.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

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...

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.

If you have any faith, give me, for heaven's sake, a share of it! Your...

If you have any faith, give me, for heaven's sake, a share of it! Your...

In art the best is good enough.

In art the best is good enough.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start...

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

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

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.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

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...

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.