Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWhat is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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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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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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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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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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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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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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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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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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