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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEYou can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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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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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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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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