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title: "4 Fancy Quotes By Wilhelm von Humboldt"
description: "4 Fancy quotes by Wilhelm von Humboldt. Plus more from Wilhelm von Humboldt and more Fancy sayings from other authors."
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> [The mere reality of life would be inconceivably poor without the charm of fancy, which brings in its bosom, no doubt, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/the-mere-reality-of-life-would-be-inconceivably-poor-without-the/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

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> [Fancy brings us as many vain hopes as idle fears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/fancy-brings-us-as-many-vain-hopes-as-idle-fears/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

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> [Trees have about them something beautiful and attractive even to the fancy, since they cannot change their places, are witnesses of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/trees-have-about-them-something-beautiful-and-attractive-even-to-the/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

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> [Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/possession-it-is-true-crowns-exertion-with-rest-but-it-is-only-in-the/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

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## Other authors on Fancy

## More by Wilhelm von Humboldt

> [The things of the world are ever rising and falling, and in perpetual change; and this change must be according to the will of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/the-things-of-the-world-are-ever-rising-and-falling-and-in-perpetual/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

> [Whatever does not spring from a man's free choice, or is only the result of instruction and guidance, does not enter into his very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/whatever-does-not-spring-from-a-man-s-free-choice-or-is-only-the/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

> [However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/however-great-an-evil-immorality-may-be-we-must-not-forget-that-it-is/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

> [To behold, is not necessary to observe, and the power of comparing and combining is only to be obtained by education. It is much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/to-behold-is-not-necessary-to-observe-and-the-power-of-comparing-and/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

> [The mere reality of life would be inconceivably poor without the charm of fancy, which brings in its bosom, no doubt, as many vain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/the-mere-reality-of-life-would-be-inconceivably-poor-without-the/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

> [We cannot assume the injustice of any actions which only create offense, and especially as regards religion and morals. He who utters or does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/we-cannot-assume-the-injustice-of-any-actions-which-only-create/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

> [If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellence is presented, as it were, in one kind of being, we might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/if-it-were-not-somewhat-fanciful-to-suppose-that-every-human/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

> [If we reason that we want happiness for others, not for ourselves, then we ought justly to be suspected of failing to recognize human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/if-we-reason-that-we-want-happiness-for-others-not-for-ourselves-then/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

> [Besides the pleasure derived from acquired knowledge, there lurks in the mind of man, and tinged with a shade of sadness, an unsatisfactory longing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/besides-the-pleasure-derived-from-acquired-knowledge-there-lurks-in/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

> [Even sleep is characteristic. How beautiful are children in their lovely innocence! how angel-like their blooming features! and how painful and anxious is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/even-sleep-is-characteristic-how-beautiful-are-children-in-their/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

> [To inquire and to create; these are the grand centres around which all human pursuits revolve, or at least to these objects do they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/to-inquire-and-to-create-these-are-the-grand-centres-around-which-all/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

> [Women are in this respect more fortunate than men, that most of their employments are of such a nature that they can at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/women-are-in-this-respect-more-fortunate-than-men-that-most-of-their/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

> [In every remodelling of the present, the existing condition of things must be supplanted by a new one. Now every variety of circumstances in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/in-every-remodelling-of-the-present-the-existing-condition-of-things/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

> [“For even if we know very little that is certain about spirit or soul, the true nature of the body, of materiality, is totally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/for-even-if-we-know-very-little-that-is-certain-about-spirit-or-soul/)

[Wilhelm Von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

> [Prayer is intended to increase the devotion of the individual, but if the individual himself prays he requires no formula; he pours himself forth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-von-humboldt/prayer-is-intended-to-increase-the-devotion-of-the-individual-but-if/)

[Wilhelm von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-von-humboldt/)

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