The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWho 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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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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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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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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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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We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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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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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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