There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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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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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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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 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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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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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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I 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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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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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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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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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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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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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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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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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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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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