Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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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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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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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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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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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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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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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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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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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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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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One 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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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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