Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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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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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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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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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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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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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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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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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