On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIf 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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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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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!
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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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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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