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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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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.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

On all the peaks lies peace.

On all the peaks lies peace.

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 unnatural, that too is natural.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the...

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the...

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

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

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

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

Tomorrow the sun will also rise to the occasion of another day with equal grandeur....

Tomorrow the sun will also rise to the occasion of another day with equal grandeur....

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.