Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full j

When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when t — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash.

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Tränenreiche Männer sind gut. Verlasse mich jeder, der trocknen Herzens, trockne — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Law is mighty, mightier necessity. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Die Botschaft hör ich wohl, allein, mir fehlt der Glaube — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Lebe mit deinem Jahrhundert, aber sei nicht sein Geschöpf; leiste deinen Zeitgen — Friedrich Schiller
Les anciens Romains élevaient des prodiges d'architecture pour faire combattre d — Voltaire
When we really begin to live in the world, then we understand what is meant by b — Swami Vivekananda
But there is a devil of a difference between barbarians who are fit by nature to — Karl Marx
In a constantly revolving circle every point is simultaneously a point of depart — Karl Marx
Then to the well-trod stage anon If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Sha — William Shakespeare
War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his c — Napoleon
Tell a lie and then tell the truth: it will be considered a lie. — Sumerian proverb