Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEA man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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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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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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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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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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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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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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