Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHENothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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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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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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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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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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