We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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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The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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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.
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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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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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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