Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWhat you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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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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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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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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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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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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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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