Everything transitory is but an image.
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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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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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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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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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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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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