Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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

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

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.

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses...

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses...

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

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,...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

The solution of every problem is another problem

The solution of every problem is another problem

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on...

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on...

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.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start...

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

All things are only transitory.

All things are only transitory.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have...

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have...

We . . . are no petty people. We are of the great stocks of...

We . . . are no petty people. We are of the great stocks of...

Desperate courage makes One a majority.

Desperate courage makes One a majority.