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 rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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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 I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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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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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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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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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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