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Accomplishment1 quote
The deed is all, the glory nothing. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1832Anti-war1 quote
Accurst be he that first invented war. — Christopher Marlowe · 1587Beauty1 quote
Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power,
After offence returning, to regain
Love once possessed. — John Milton · 1671Comforting words1 quote
Apt words have power to suage
The tumours of a troubled mind. — John Milton · 1671Conflict resolution1 quote
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end;
Not wedlock-treachery. — John Milton · 1671Death1 quote
I know death hath ten thousand several doors
For men to take their exits. — John Webster · 1614Divided self1 quote
Two souls dwell, alas! in my breast. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808Doing one's best1 quote
Who strives always to the utmost,
For him there is salvation. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808Favors1 quote
A service beyond all recompense
Weighs so heavy that it almost gives offense. — Pierre Corneille · 1674Glory1 quote
The deed is all, the glory nothing. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1832Going for it1 quote
Who strives always to the utmost,
For him there is salvation. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808How to live1 quote
Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808Ill gotten gains1 quote
Many a crown shines spotless now
That yet was deeply sullied in the winning. — Friedrich Schiller · 1798Inevitability of mistakes1 quote
Man will err while yet he strives. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808Insanity1 quote
There is a pleasure sure,
In being mad, which none but madmen know! — John Dryden · 1680Law and necessity1 quote
Law is mighty, mightier necessity. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808Life1 quote
All theory, dear friend, is grey, but the golden tree of actual life springs ever green. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808Living life to the fullest1 quote
Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea
Loves t' have his sails filled with a lusty wind,
Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack,
And his rapt ship run on her side so low
That she drinks water, and her keel plows air. — George Chapman · 1608Misogyny1 quote
What mighty ills have not been done by woman!
Who was 't betrayed the Capitol? -A woman!
Who lost Mark Antony the world? -A woman!
Who was the cause of a long ten years' war,
And laid at last old Troy in ashes? -Woman!
Destructive, damnable, deceitful woman! — Thomas Otway · 1680Mistakes1 quote
Man will err while yet he strives. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808Moral theory1 quote
What's not forbidden to do make bold. — Friedrich Schiller · 1798Nature of life1 quote
One lives but once in this world. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1774Power of beauty1 quote
Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power,
After offence returning, to regain
Love once possessed. — John Milton · 1671Preciousness of life1 quote
One lives but once in this world. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1774Relationship challenges1 quote
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end;
Not wedlock-treachery. — John Milton · 1671Secrets1 quote
Dead men tell no tales. — John Dryden · 1680Stages of life1 quote
Once a man's thirty, he's already old,
He is indeed as good as dead.
It's best to kill him right away. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808Stupidity1 quote
Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain. — Friedrich Schiller · 1801Thinking big1 quote
I love those who yearn for the impossible. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808Trusting oneself1 quote
Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808