There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHETwo souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and – if at all possible – speak a few sensible words.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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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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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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Remember to live.
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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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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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