To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Government Quotes

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against...

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

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

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

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.

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...

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us...

Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.

Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.