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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own...

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

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

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

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

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

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

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

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

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

Without haste, but without rest.

Without haste, but without rest.

There's no rest for the wicked

There's no rest for the wicked

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow