Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Age Quotes

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

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...

In comradeship is danger countered best.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

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.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and...

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and...

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of...

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of...

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses...

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses...

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy...

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy...

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect...

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.