Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWho 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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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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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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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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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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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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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 the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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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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Leap and the net will appear.
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