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!
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI 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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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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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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How 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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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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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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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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