Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but...

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but...

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

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

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Experience is only half of experience

Experience is only half of experience

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.

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on...

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love...

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love...

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy...

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy...

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must...

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must...

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service...

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service...

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...

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.

Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.

He who is passionate and hasty, is generally honest; it is your cool dissembling hypocrite,...

He who is passionate and hasty, is generally honest; it is your cool dissembling hypocrite,...

The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a talent; my sole...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a talent; my sole...