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

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Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

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...

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 person hears only what they understand.

A person hears only what they understand.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

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

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

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and...

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and...

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

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...

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

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.

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.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

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.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.