Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Culture Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Language Quotes

Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay...

Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay...

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love,...

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love,...

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...

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

Without haste, but without rest.

Without haste, but without rest.

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

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...

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

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.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.