To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEEvery 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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Everything transitory is but an image.
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Is 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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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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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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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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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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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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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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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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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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