And all must follow in my wake.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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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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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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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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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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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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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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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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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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I 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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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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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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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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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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