You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEKnow thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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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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Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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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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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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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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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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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
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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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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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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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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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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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