The act is all, the reputation nothing.
The act is all, the reputation nothing.
The man who is born with a talent which he is meant to use finds his greatest happiness in using it.
Every spoken word arouses our self-will.
The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.
If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.
But take my goat too, my darling pet!
One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.
People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.
A purpose you impart is no longer your own.
I do not speak of what I cannot praise.
Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.
To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him, their own selves, their version of him.
To see I was born, To look is my call, To the tower sworn, I delight in all. I glance out far, And see what is near... You blessed eyes, What you saw everywhere,
Difficulties increase the nearer we approach our goal.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
E'er cross'd the dear child's thoughts.
All this gives no joy, alas!
The little that is completed, vanishes from the sight of one who looks forward to what is still to do.
Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.
God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
Judge a man's character by what he finds ridiculous.
Those are dead even for this life who hope for no other.
There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
A man's errors are what make him amiable.
Time does not relinquish its rights, either over human beings or over mountains.
One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.
It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.
Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.
I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.
Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.
He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure.
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive. The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions.
Who will dare to stem their wrath?
This is the true measure of love When we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.
The right man is the one that seizes the moment.
Like it, no sign of life thou giv'st to me;
Compared with thee, the stone appears to glow.
Here's His health, through Whom we live!
Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.
He who seizes the right moment, is the right man.
Continue to make the demands of the day your immediate concern, and take occasion to test the purity of your hearts and the steadfastness of your spirits. When you then take a deep breath and rise above the cares of this world and in an hour of leisu
It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel.
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.
I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.
Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.
One never goes so far as when one doesn't know where one is going.
Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny.
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