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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them...

We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them...

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

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

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

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

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Without haste, but without rest.

Without haste, but without rest.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they...

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they...

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

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...

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

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

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

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable unto him. A new...

Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable unto him. A new...

In love, as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken.

In love, as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken.