Every true genius is bound to be naive.

The man of courage thinks not of himself. Help the oppressed and put thy trust in God.

The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself.

To save all we must risk all.

While the gods remained more human, the men were more divine.

Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.

There are three lessons I would write-Three words, as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light,Upon the heart of men.Have hope! though clouds environ round,And gladness hides her face in scorn,Put thou the...

In the case of the creative mind, it seems to me, the intellect has withdrawn its watchers from the gates, and the ideas rush in pell-mell, and only then does it review and inspect the...

It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.

Only through Beauty’s morning-gate, dost thou penetrate the land of knowledge.

I feel an army in my fist.

So it has reached this pass? Obedience and fear take flight together?

Oh how can we, scarce mastering our passions, expect that youth should keep itself in check?

When the mechanic has to mend a watch he lets the wheels run out; but the living watchworks of the state have to be repaired while they act, and a wheel has to be exchanged...

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice

If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.

Curious,’ the Prince continued, after a deep silence, ‘is it possible never to have known something, never to have missed it in its absence — and a few moments later to live in and for...

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.

Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men’s opinions of us, forms our true honor.

Man is not better treated by nature in his first start than her other works are; so long as he is unable to act for himself as an independent intelligence she acts for him. But...

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn’t roar?

Let not thy heart cling to the things which for so short a time deck out thy life. Let him who has, learn to lose, and him who is happy, familiarise himself with what may...

El artista es hijo de sus tiempos, pero desdichado de él si, a la vez, es su alumno o incluso su favorito.

Nicht an die Güter hänge dein Herz,Die das Leben vergänglich zieren!Wer besitzt, der lerne verlieren,Wer im Glück ist, der lerne den Schmerz!