We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEAnd all must follow in my wake.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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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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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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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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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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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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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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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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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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