Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 10 of 179 )
Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann read more
Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten.]
Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of read more
Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of weak people who assimilate themselves, and the mass that toddles after them without knowing in the least what it wants
He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should read more
He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability
The highest happiness, the purest joys of life, wear out at last.
[Ger., Das beste Gluck, des Lebens schonste read more
The highest happiness, the purest joys of life, wear out at last.
[Ger., Das beste Gluck, des Lebens schonste Kraft
Ermattet endlich.]
It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.
It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in read more
Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.
Where there are no women there are no good manners
Where there are no women there are no good manners
If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
