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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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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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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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