We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHETo be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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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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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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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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A person hears only what they understand.
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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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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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