Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home. |
Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends. |
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them. |
The right man is the one who seizes the moment. |
We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like. |
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation. |
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. |
He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it. |
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise. |
Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves. Topics: Children |
If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different. |
The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age. |
There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables. |
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable. |
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. |
Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops. |
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance. |
If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own. |
Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God. |
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is. |