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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWhat you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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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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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
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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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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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