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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe 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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEDo not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI 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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEOblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWho is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHETo be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEA person hears only what they understand.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI love those who yearn for the impossible.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEEvery reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEFor a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHENothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHETwo souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI wait for the morning of my tears.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEHe who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEBeauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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