Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Piety is not an end but a means to attain by the greatest peace of mind the highest degree of culture.

Piety is not an end but a means to attain by the greatest peace of mind the high — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Piety is not an end but a means to attain by the greatest peace of mind the highest degree of culture.

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Welche Regierung die beste sei? Diejenige, die uns lehrt, uns selbst zu regieren — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Was glänzt, ist für den Augenblick geboren; das Echte bleibt der Nachwelt unverl — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Beauty is not so much performance as promise. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Die Kunst ist lang, das Leben kurz, das Urteil schwierig, die Gelegenheit flücht — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
God refuses to be mine, thine or his. For him the truth is but one but the proud — Tulsidas
Irony is the modesty of humanity. — Jules Renard
Since you are properly a clod you will not rise into the air; You will rise into — Rumi
Mens impudicam facere, non casus, solet. — Seneca
Che mai Non v'avere ò provate, ò possedute. Far worse it is To lose than never t — Giovanni Battista Guarini
A scholar who loves comfort is not worthy of the name . — Confucius
By the bye, as I must leave off being young, I find many douceurs in being a sor — Jane Austen
We never touch but at points. — Ralph Waldo Emerson