The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

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

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

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

Precaution is better than cure.

Precaution is better than cure.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

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.

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...

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something...

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something...

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home

He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home

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.

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...

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect...

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect...

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have...

Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have...

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is...

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is...