What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

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...

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and...

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and...

The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is...

The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is...

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

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...

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

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

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