A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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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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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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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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Everything transitory is but an image.
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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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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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