We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

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.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

If you have any faith, give me, for heaven's sake, a share of it! Your...

If you have any faith, give me, for heaven's sake, a share of it! Your...

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

I'll take a breath, take you by my side Under the sunlight, Welcome to this...

I'll take a breath, take you by my side Under the sunlight, Welcome to this...

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself...

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself...

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

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.

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...