All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEHe is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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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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Leap and the net will appear.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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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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Remember to live.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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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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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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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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