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 GOETHEOblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
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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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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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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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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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Remember to live.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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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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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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