Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Joy Quotes, Men Quotes

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward

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.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image

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

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

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.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself...

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself...

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

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

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against...

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against...

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

The unnatural, that too is natural.