Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHENight is the other half of life, and the better half.
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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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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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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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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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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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