By seeking and blundering we learn.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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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 limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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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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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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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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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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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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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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