A man can stand anything except a …
A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
~ Johann Wolfgang von…
Against criticism a man can neither protest …
Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite…
All truly wise thoughts have been thoughts …
All truly wise thoughts have been thoughts already thousands of times; but to make them…
Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to …
Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows…
Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly …
Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do…
Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite …
Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
~ Johann Wolfgang…
Enjoy when you can, and endure when …
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Everything has been thought of before, but …
Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again.…
Everything in the world may be endured …
Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe…
He only earns his freedom and existence …
He only earns his freedom and existence who daily conquers them anew.
~ Johann Wolfgang…
How can you come to know yourself? …
How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to…
If any man wish to write in …
If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear…