Everything transitory is but an image.
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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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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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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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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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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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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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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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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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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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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