Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEAnd all must follow in my wake.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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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.
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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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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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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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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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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
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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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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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