We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEA man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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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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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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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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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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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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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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