Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEEvery day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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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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When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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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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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve 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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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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Remember to live.
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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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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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