Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWhat I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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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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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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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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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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Remember to live.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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