Everything transitory is but an image.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHELove is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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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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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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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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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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