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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Success is more attitude then aptitude

Success is more attitude then aptitude

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.

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...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

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

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

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

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.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

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

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

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

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...

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.