Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate! Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures, He lays for us the pillows straight.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe dear good people don't know how long it takes to learn to read. I've been at it eighty years, and can't say yet that I've reached the goal.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheOur passions are true phoenixes; as the old burn out the new straight rise up from the ashes.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheEach ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe