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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they...

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they...

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

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...

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we...

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we...

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

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

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are...

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are...

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...

I call architecture frozen music.

I call architecture frozen music.

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

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...

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Be always lavish of your caresses, and sparing in your corrections.

Be always lavish of your caresses, and sparing in your corrections.

Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.

Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that...

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that...

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.