Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI 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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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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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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We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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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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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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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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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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