Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 10 of 179 )
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.
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.
We are never deceived, we deceive ourselves.
[Ger., Man wird betrogen, man betrugt sich selbst.]
We are never deceived, we deceive ourselves.
[Ger., Man wird betrogen, man betrugt sich selbst.]
Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]
Thou shalt abstain,
Renounce, refrain.
[Ger., Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren.]
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met
on the street.
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met
on the street.
In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability
Who never ate his bread in sorrow,
Who never spent the darksome hours
Weeping, and watching for read more
Who never ate his bread in sorrow,
Who never spent the darksome hours
Weeping, and watching for the morrow,--
He knows ye not, ye gloomy Powers.
[Ger., Wer nie sein Brod mit Thranen ass,
Wer nicht die kummervollen Nachte
Auf seinem Bette weinend sass,
Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Machte.]
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.
