Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Talent Character

Speaker

Leonore

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Torquato Tasso

Medium

Play

Language

German

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Torquato Tasso. Leipzig, 1790, act 1, sc. 1.

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One never goes so far as when one doesn't know
where one is going.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Exploration Adventure

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Letter
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German
Time
1812 1810s 19th century
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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Letter to Carl Friedrich Zelter. 3 Nov. 1812.

Another quote from the 1790s

Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?

William Wordsworth

Lines Written in Early Spring

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Man's cruelty to man

Author

William Wordsworth
Source
Lines Written in Early Spring
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Lament
Language
English
Time
1798 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wordsworth, William. "Lines written in early spring." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. and A. Arch, 1798, st. 6.

Current Citation

Wordsworth, William. "Lines written in Early Spring." William Wordsworth: The Major Works: including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008, st. 6.

Another quote about Character

Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows.

Hesiod

Works and Days

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Topic
Hard work Excellence Character Virtue The human condition

Author

Hesiod
Source
Works and Days
Medium
Poem
Genre
Didactic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Hesiod. Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι [Works and Days]. c. 700 BC, l. 289.

Current Citation

Hesiod. "Works and Days." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 289.

Another quote originally in German

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

Albert Einstein

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The mysterious Awe Wonder Creativity

Author

Albert Einstein
Source
What I Believe. Living Philosophies 13 Forum and Century
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
German
Time
1930 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Einstein, Albert. "What I Believe. Living Philosophies 13." Forum and Century, Oct. 1930, vol. 84, issue 4, pp. 193-194.