Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 10 of 179 )
Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.
Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes read more
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.
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.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
[Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige
Unwissenheit.]
There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
[Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige
Unwissenheit.]
Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky.
[Ger., Es ist dafur gesorgt, dass die Baume read more
Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky.
[Ger., Es ist dafur gesorgt, dass die Baume nicht in den Himmel
wachsen.]
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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.]
For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.
[Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer von schwankendem
Rufe.]
For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.
[Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer von schwankendem
Rufe.]
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
