The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is to life. A razor-toothed paragon of the will to life. A frenzied churning of flesh into flesh of another kind.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Love can do much, but duty more.

Love can do much, but duty more.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love,...

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love,...

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must...

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must...

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...

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the...

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the...

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

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

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

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...