Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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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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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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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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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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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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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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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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