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.
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 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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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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Remember to live.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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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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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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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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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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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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