A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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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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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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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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