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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEHe is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living 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 dreadful than imagination without taste.
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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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