We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out of discretion, and so disappears the most beautiful, the most immediate breath of life, irrecoverable for ourselves and for others.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Letters Quotes, Life Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

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...

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

Precaution is better than cure.

Precaution is better than cure.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

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.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.