We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThings which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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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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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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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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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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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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