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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not...

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not...

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

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...

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

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.

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the...

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the...

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I...

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I...

If fear alters behavior, you're already defeated.

If fear alters behavior, you're already defeated.

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and...

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and...