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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEA man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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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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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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