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 GOETHEIf I love you, what business is it of yours?
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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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.
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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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