The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEAll that is transitory is but a metaphor.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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Leap and the net will appear.
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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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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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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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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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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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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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