On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEEvery day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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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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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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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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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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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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