We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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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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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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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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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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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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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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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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