I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHELove is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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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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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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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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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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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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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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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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