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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Fear Quotes, Gratitude Quotes

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

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

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

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

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

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

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end...

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end...

The society of women is the element of good manners.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all...

I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all...

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

I wear not My dagger in my mouth

I wear not My dagger in my mouth

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of...

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of...