To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him, their own selves, their version of him.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Famous Love Quotes, Love Quotes

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

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.

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...

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

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...

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

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

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

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

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.

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.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and...

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and...

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.