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In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.
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Alive Kill Live Lost Soul
The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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Evil Greatness Himself Sick
We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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Doubt Growth Knowledge
Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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Forever Moments Worth
Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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Deep Life Night
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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Remember to live.
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