If I love you, what business is it of yours?
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThere are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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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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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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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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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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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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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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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!
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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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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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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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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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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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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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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