By seeking and blundering we learn.
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.
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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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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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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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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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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.
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When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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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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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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