Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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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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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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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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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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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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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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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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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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