Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIf 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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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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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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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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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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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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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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