Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHERemember to live.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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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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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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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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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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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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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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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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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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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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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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