On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEA person hears only what they understand.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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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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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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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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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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