I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWhat I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
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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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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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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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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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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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