Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHENothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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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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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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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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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and – if at all possible – speak a few sensible words.
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