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 GOETHEThe deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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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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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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