The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.
Johann von Goethe
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JAIME CONTRERAS Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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GARRY KASPAROV It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become.
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THE WEEKND I'm the most boring person to talk to.
THE WEEKND Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order.
THE TALMUD He who promises runs in debt.
THE TALMUD For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude.
THE WEEKND Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not ...
THE BIBLE Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.
THE TALMUD Who is wise? One who learns from all.
THE TALMUD The end result of wisdom is... good deeds.
THE TALMUD Starting a band is the easy part. Once you've formed the band, you have to tell a story, and tha...
THE EDGE Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
THE TALMUD No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.
THE TALMUD If one man says to thee, Thou art a donkey, pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.
THE TALMUD Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow.
THE TALMUD This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth.
THE TALMUD Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving proc...
THE KORAN When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.
THE TALMUD This is the sum of all -- righteousness. In causing pleasure or in giving pain, in doing good or inj...
THE MAHABHARTA The sun will set without thy assistance.
THE TALMUD A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed...
THE TALMUD Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet.
THE TALMUD Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more...
THE TALMUD Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.
THE TALMUD The deeper the sorrow the less the tongue has it.
THE TALMUD A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
THE TALMUD To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong
THE TALMUD Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while goo...
THE TALMUD Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among
foxes.
THE TALMUD The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness;
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THE TALMUD Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil; for scriptur...
THE TALMUD Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end.
THE TALMUD A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
THE BIBLE Know Ye not ... that the spirit of God dwelleth within you?
THE BIBLE If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.
THE BIBLE Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ru...
THE BIBLE Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. The words of a wise ma...
THE BIBLE A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
THE BIBLE Strength and honor are her clothing: and she shall rejoice in time to come.
THE BIBLE And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom...
THE BIBLE And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way, a...
THE BIBLE But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are ...
THE BIBLE Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
THE BIBLE A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
THE BIBLE Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
THE BIBLE Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of...
THE BIBLE When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall pre...
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THE BIBLE Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
THE BIBLE Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
THE BIBLE A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
THE BIBLE There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged...
THE BIBLE And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great te...
THE BIBLE Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see t...
THE BIBLE He who works his land will have abundant food.
THE BIBLE God helps those who persevere.
THE KORAN Live well. It is the greatest revenge.
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THE BIBLE The highest form of wisdom is kindness
THE TALMUD The burden is equal to the horse's strength.
THE TALMUD Be eager to fulfill the smallest duty and flee from transgression for one duty includes another and ...
THE TALMUD Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.
THE TALMUD Sheep follow sheep.
THE TALMUD Live well. It is the greatest revenge.
THE TALMUD When you're traveling constantly, every day you become inspired, and it shows in my work, sonica...
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JOHANN VON GOETHE Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.
JOHANN VON GOETHE The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.
JOHANN VON GOETHE There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Stupidity is without anxiety.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE No one as ever completed their apprenticeship.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.
JOHANN VON GOETHE No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.
JOHANN VON GOETHE There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable.
JOHANN VON GOETHE To create something you must be something.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE Character develops itself in the stream of life.
JOHANN VON GOETHE The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
JOHANN VON GOETHE What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Human beings, by change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.
JOHANN VON GOETHE The mark of highest originality lies in the ability to develop a familiar idea so fruitfully that it...
JOHANN VON GOETHE Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient.
JOHANN VON GOETHE The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.
JOHANN VON GOETHE The highest problem of any art is to cause by appearance the illusion of a higher reality.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Personality is everything in art and poetry.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
JOHANN VON GOETHE If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be dif...
JOHANN VON GOETHE They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Master and Doctor are my titles; for ten years now, without repose, I held my erudite recitals and l...
JOHANN VON GOETHE I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.
JOHANN VON GOETHE We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.
JOHANN VON GOETHE No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.
JOHANN VON GOETHE While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err.
JOHANN VON GOETHE I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world...
JOHANN VON GOETHE The person who in shaky times also wavers only increases the evil, but the person of firm decision f...
JOHANN VON GOETHE Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.
JOHANN VON GOETHE We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
JOHANN VON GOETHE There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
JOHANN VON GOETHE None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept...
JOHANN VON GOETHE The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of...
JOHANN VON GOETHE Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic!
JOHANN VON GOETHE What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.
JOHANN VON GOETHE It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recogni...
JOHANN VON GOETHE The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if t...
JOHANN VON GOETHE Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the ...
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JOHANN VON GOETHE Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.
JOHANN VON GOETHE One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
JOHANN VON GOETHE In all things it is better to hope than to despair.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?
JOHANN VON GOETHE Be he a king or a peasant, he is happiest who finds peace at home.
JOHANN VON GOETHE The history of mankind is his character.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.
JOHANN VON GOETHE I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.
JOHANN VON GOETHE The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Ambition and love are the wings to great deeds.
JOHANN VON GOETHE A distracted existence leads us to no goal.
JOHANN VON GOETHE What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Their is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.
JOHANN VON GOETHE One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn wh...
JOHANN VON GOETHE It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.
JOHANN VON GOETHE The first and last thing required of genius is, love of the truth.
JOHANN VON GOETHE The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resourc...
JOHANN VON GOETHE Only law can give us freedom.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Yes! To this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only...
JOHANN VON GOETHE Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which i...
JOHANN VON GOETHE Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.
JOHANN VON GOETHE If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this a...
JOHANN VON GOETHE People do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on...
JOHANN VON GOETHE It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
JOHANN VON GOETHE What is not fully understood is not possessed.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Never by reflection, but only by doing is self-knowledge possible to one.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Every offense is avenged on earth.
JOHANN VON GOETHE A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE Superstition is the poetry of life.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE I do not now begin,--I still adore
Her whom I early cherish'd in my breast;
Then once again ...
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JOHANN VON GOETHE He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.
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