You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHELife belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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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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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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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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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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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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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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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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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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