Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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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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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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Remember to live.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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