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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEOne never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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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.
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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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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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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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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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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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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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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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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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