Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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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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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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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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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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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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