A person hears only what they understand.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHENight is the other half of life, and the better half.
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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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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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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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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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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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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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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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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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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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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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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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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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