To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Fear Quotes, Gratitude Quotes

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...

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.

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.

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the...

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the...

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

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...

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has...

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has...

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

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...

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

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.

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...

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect...

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect...

Live dangerously and you live right.

Live dangerously and you live right.

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.

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

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

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.