We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHETreat 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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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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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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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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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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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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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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