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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

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...

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny....

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny....

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

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...

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right...

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right...

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...

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

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

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

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

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

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.

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they...

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they...

Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for...

Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for...