None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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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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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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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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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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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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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and – if at all possible – speak a few sensible words.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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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.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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