Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEOne can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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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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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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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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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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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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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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