Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch...

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch...

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something...

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something...

Tomorrow the sun will also rise to the occasion of another day with equal grandeur....

Tomorrow the sun will also rise to the occasion of another day with equal grandeur....

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

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

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

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they...

There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance

Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance

To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it...

To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it...