Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEDaring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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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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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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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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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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The 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.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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