There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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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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Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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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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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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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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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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