We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEOne 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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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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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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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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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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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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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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