The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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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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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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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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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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