The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEHe is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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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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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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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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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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