Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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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Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and – if at all possible – speak a few sensible words.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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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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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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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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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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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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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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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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