There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEFor a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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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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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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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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