One ought every day at least to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
Source: In My Favorite Quotations, by Norman Vincent Peale, 1990.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (Aug 28 1749-1832), German poet, dramatist; He was the greatest figure of the German Romantic period, e.g., Faust, 1808.