He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThere is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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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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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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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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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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And all must follow in my wake.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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