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.
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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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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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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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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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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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 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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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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