If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEHow often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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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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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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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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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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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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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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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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Every 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 often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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