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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

I call architecture frozen music.

I call architecture frozen music.

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

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...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

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

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

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...

The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion...

The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion...

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...

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

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

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.