None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIn the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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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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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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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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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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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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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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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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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
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Remember to live.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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