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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEKnow thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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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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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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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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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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Remember to live.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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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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