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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI love those who yearn for the impossible.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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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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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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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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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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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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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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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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