He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
JOHANN VON GOETHE He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Be he a king or a peasant, he is happiest who finds peace at home.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Not like Homer would I...
WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Night and day, he is engrossed in worldly affairs, and even in his dreams, he finds no peace.
GURU GOBIND SINGH The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell...
STENDHAL Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wi...
FRANZ SCHUBERT Every person has his secret; in reverie, unbeknown to others, he finds peace, freedom, sorrow and lo...
ABHYSHEQ SHUKLA There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or h...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN Your country can be a footstool for God, if he finds people in all spheres of life who will prepare ...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
MATTHEW ARNOLD Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
MATTHEW ARNOLD If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine.
- Johann Christoph Friedrich v...
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER He who can follow his own will is a king
IRISH SAYINGS The Breton peasant is said to have a hard head. He is obstinate and resists outside pressure to alte...
SABINE BARING-GOULD If a man realizes who he is, he cannot lose his peace and gladness because he lives at peace with hi...
SUNDAY ADELAJA He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men.
WILLIAM R. ALGER He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men.
WILLIAM ALGER He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
SOURCE UNKNOWN He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
DYLAN THOMAS Where'er his fancy bids him roam,
In ev'ry Inn he finds a home--
. . . .
Will not an Inn...
WILLIAM COMBE (COOMBE) He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER) Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold.
MATTHEW ARNOLD As for those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one thinks it to...
ANONYMOUS No man safely goeth abroad who loveth not to rest at home. No man safely talketh but he who loveth t...
THOMAS À KEMPIS Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, eve...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others,
And in their pleasure takes joy, ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE He gave his honours to the world again, His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace. -King Henry...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A beautiful person is he who finds beauty in wherever he goes and in whatever he sees.
DEBASISH MRIDHA He who is ignorant of foreign languages, knows not his own.
[Ger., Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE This nightmare is over for Dante and he can go home to his family and live the rest of his life in p...
JEREMY KARLIN He was at a point in his life where he was retired. And he had expressed this was the happiest point...
JODI OLSON He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light
ARABIAN PROVERB He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light.
ARABIAN PROVERB Ein Teil von jener Kraft, die stets das Böse will und stets das Gute schafft.
-Goethe-
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every S...
KING HENRY IV OF FRANCE I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every S...
HENRY IV The happiest person is he who thinks the most interesting thoughts.
WILLIAM LYON PHELPS A child who is content for the peace he has at home is the real fortunate one compare to the child w...
JONATHAN CHEN He who finds elevated and lofty pleasure in the feeling of poetry is a true poet, though he never co...
MADAME DUDEVANT Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ...
SUI HE Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood pressure lowering effect of pota...
FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv...
SUI HE I like to find old things
and I picked up that arrowhead
in tears, that broken point
...
LI HE These findings provide strong support for the recommendations encouraging the public to consume more...
FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ...
FENG HE They are the Chinese heroes. I am happy for their performance and the result is not the most importa...
HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re...
HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin...
HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act.
HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods.
HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ...
HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today.
HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties.
HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university.
HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have...
HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w...
HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined.
HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required.
HE CHANGCHUI For me home is not a four wall shelter, home is where my heart finds peace and love grows...
PHILIP T. M. He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE A peasant, who was crushed by greed of a business tycoon while he was building his empire, took birt...
DR HITESH C SHETH The man who is born with a talent which he was meant to use finds his greatest happiness in using it...
JOHANN VON GOETHE A true Christian is one who has not only peace of conscience, but war within. He may be known by his...
J.C. RYLE Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion
that he is trying to be funny.
THOMAS CARLYLE Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny.
GUY DAVENPORT He who obeys God's laws finds him a father. He who disobeys them, finds him a judge.
DANIEL D. PALMER He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.
MARY HOWITT Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his sp...
VIKTOR E. FRANKL To be at one with God is to be at peace ... peace is to be found only within, and unless one finds i...
RALPH WALDO TRINE The wise man is he who is not surprised when he finds stale tea in a beautiful teapot!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN A peasant dies calmly because he is not a Christian. He performs the rituals as a matter of course, ...
LEO NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY Chairman King appears to still be in denial. If Peter King is to tackle this, he needs to gaze into ...
ANTHONY WEINER A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who can...
JANE AUSTEN In the light of his vision he has found his freedom: his thoughts are peace, his words are peace and...
DHAMMAPADA Resolve to find thyself; and to know that he who finds himself, loses his misery
MATTHEW ARNOLD We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and ...
GEORGE STEINER One fourth-grader recently was so excited when he came in the front door that he asked, 'Is the king...
BEVERLY MILLS He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.
BALTASAR GRACIAN The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship
RALPH WALDO EMERSON He who does not really feel himself lost, is lost without remission; that is to say, he never finds ...
JOSé ORTEGA Y GASSET He who finds gold is lucky, but he who is accorded with a stranger's honesty is far more blessed.
JECON B. NADELA He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
JOHN MILTON He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more
than a king.
JOHN MILTON Emptiness is the only thing one will understand in one's precious era of life, which depends upon hi...
NISHI DE SILVA He who has no house of his own is everywhere at home.
VIKRANT PARSAI While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years ma...
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT The Lord is such a King, who abides in the hearts of His devotees, He brings the others, and makes t...
GURU GOBIND SINGH We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and ...
GEORGE STEINER Von is a special kind of athlete who has a great feel for scoring points. He can pass, shoot and dri...
LEONARD HAMILTON Goethe died in 1832. As you know, Goethe was very active in science. In fact, he did some very good ...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD And as for the unbelievers, their works are as a mirage in a spacious plain which the man athirst su...
QUR'AN He and his mother hope that he will eventually be able to live back in his mother's home.
DOUG HONIG A boy is invincible. Then he drinks and drives and he finds out that his friend isn't.
ANON. He who forsakes his own community and joins another perishes as the king who embraces an unrighteous...
CHANAKYA All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artist...
KARL WILHELM FRIEDRICH SCHLEGEL From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, wha...
KARL WILHELM FRIEDRICH SCHLEGEL Goethe tells us in his greatest poem that Faust lost the liberty of his soul when he said to the pas...
ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY Goethe once said of someone, He is a dull man. If he were a book, I would not read him.
JAMES BRYCE Goethe once said of someone, He is a dull man. If he were a book, I would not read him.
JAMES BRYCE
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Age merely shows what children we remain.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Every step of life shows much caution is required.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Few people have the imagination for reality.
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE On all the peaks lies peace.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A person hears only what they understand.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Character develops itself in the stream of life.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The coward only threatens when he is safe.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste.
[Ger., Es ist nichts furchterlicher ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
[Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als e...
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE What they're accustomed to is no great matter,
But then, alas! they've read an awful deal.
[G...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Yet he who grasps the moment's gift,
He is the proper man.
[Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift,...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Divide and command, a wise maxim;
Unite and guide, a better.
[Ger., Entzwei' und gebiete! Tuc...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Power is neither male nor female.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den T...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but fo...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a de...
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Who are you then?"
"I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works goo...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE You are aware of only one unrest;
Oh, never learn to know the other!
Two souls, alas, are ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease.
[Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das He...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE My peace is gone, my heart is heavy.
[Ger., Meine Ruh ist hin,
Mein Herz ist schwer.]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The highest happiness, the purest joys of life, wear out at last.
[Ger., Das beste Gluck, des Lebe...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others,
And in their pleasure takes joy, ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.
[Ger., Das erste und letzte, was...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Which government is best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter.
[Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,
Die T...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.
[Ger., Die Gaben
Kommen von oben herab, in ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Presents at once? That's good. He is sure to succeed.
[Ger., Gleich schenken? das ist brav. Da...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given;
The dearest child of Faith is Miracle
[Ger...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man almost nothing.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life...
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Everything is hard before it is easy
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he k...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The deed is everything, the glory is naught.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The coward only threatens when he is safe.
[Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The church alone beyond all question
Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.
[Ger., Die ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but f...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Culture which smooth the whole world licks,
Also unto the devil sticks.
[Ger., Auch die Kultur...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE You'll never attain it unless you know the feeling.
[Ger., Wenn ihr's nicht fuhlt ihr werdet's nic...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Then indecision brings its own delays,And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.Are you in earnest?...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE In all things it is better to hope than to despair
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.
[Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer v...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession
of prosperous days.
[Ger., Alles...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE While man's desires and aspirations stir,
He can not choose but err.
[Ger., Es irrt der Mensch...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The sea is flowing ever,
The land retains it never.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life bless...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted
brights.
[Ger., Das sterbliche Gesc...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Water its living strength first shows,
When obstacles its course oppose.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Where there are no women there are no good manners
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The universal subjugator, the commonplace.
[Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the mome...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Everyone hears only what he understands.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult t...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish
the barriers of nationality.
[G...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The sagacious reader who is capable of reading between these
lines what does not stand written in t...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The society of women is the element of good manners.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Loving is a feeling that brings both joy and pain to my heart. Joy from being with you, being filled...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unp...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Each one sees what he carries in his heart
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A wounded heart can with difficulty be cured.
[Ger., Doch ein gekranktes Herz erholt sich schwer.]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE For to give is the business of the rich.
[Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie.
[Ger., Wenn ich irre kann es jeder bemerken; ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE