Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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