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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEMisunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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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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