Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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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...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us...

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us...

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love...

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love...

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

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,...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

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...

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love,...

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love,...

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,...

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

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...

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the...

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the...

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

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

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

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.