Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWhen scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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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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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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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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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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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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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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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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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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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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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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