Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEEvery situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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Remember to live.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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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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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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