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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHERemember to live.
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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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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When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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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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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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Remember to live.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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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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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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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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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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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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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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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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