If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHENothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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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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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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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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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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