We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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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

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

Nothing is worth more than this day.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

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.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and...

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and...

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that...

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that...

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine...

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine...

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows...

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows...

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.