When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated. – Hegel
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature. – Hegel
We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest. – Hegel
Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought. – Hegel
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.Goethe
Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.Goethe
A man’s manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.Goethe
Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity. – Alcaeus
I both love and do not love; and am mad and not mad. – Anacreon
Cursed be he above all others Who’s enslaved by love of money. Money takes the place of brothers, Money takes the place of parents, Money brings us war and slaughter. – Anacreon