Doubt can only be removed by action.
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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A person hears only what they understand.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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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 wait for the morning of my tears.
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When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.
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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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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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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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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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