Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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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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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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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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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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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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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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