The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
Experience is only half of experience.
Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.
Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
All truths are old, and all that we have to do is recognize and utter them anew.
Investigate what is, and not what pleases.
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. [Ger., Das erste und letzte, was vom Genie gefordert wird, ist Wahreits-Liebe.]
What we agree with leaves us inactive, but contradiction makes us productive.
The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.
Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.
One errs as long as one strives.
Love does not rule; but it trains, and that is more.
Sin writes histories, goodness is silent. [Ger., Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das Gute keine.]
If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.
There are but two roads that lead to an important goal and to the doing of great things: strength and perseverance. Strength is the lot of but a few privileged men; but austere perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the smallest of us and rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistibly greater with time.
Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny
And what does really matter? That is easy: thinking and doing, doing and thinking--and these are the sum of all wisdom. . . . Both must move ever onward in life, to and fro, like breathing in and breathing out.
There are people who pay attention to the weaknesses of their friends; that is to no avail. I have always closely watched and profited from the strengths of my adversaries.
I let everyone follow his own bent, that I may be free to follow mine.
Truth must be repeated again and again, because error is constantly being preached round about.
Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than art.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
Wisdom is only found in truth.
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