One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHETo be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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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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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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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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In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
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Remember to live.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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