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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Love can do much, but duty more.

Love can do much, but duty more.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

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...

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

On all the peaks lies peace.

On all the peaks lies peace.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

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

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

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.