The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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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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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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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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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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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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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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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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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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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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