The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEAs soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
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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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And all must follow in my wake.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Remember to live.
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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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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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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