On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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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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And all must follow in my wake.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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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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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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