The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEBeauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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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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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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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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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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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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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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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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