Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIs 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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Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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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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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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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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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 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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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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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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And all must follow in my wake.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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