The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEA word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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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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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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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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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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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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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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