I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIf you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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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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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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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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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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