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Great endowments often announce themselves in youth in the form of singularity and awkwardness.
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Some of our weakness is born in us, some of it comes through education; it is a big question as to which gives us the most trouble.
By Johann von Goethe
I do not now begin,--I still adore Her whom I early cherish'd in my breast; Then once again with prudence dispossess'd, And to whose heart I'm driven back once more. The love of Petrarch, that all-glorious love, Was unrequited, and, alas, full sad...
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It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.
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Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing, and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.
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To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves.
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Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.
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Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words 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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If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self-help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around the corner.
By Johann von Goethe
Whether a person shows themselves to be a genius in science or in writing a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, or the deed, is living and can live on.
By Johann von Goethe
The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.
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A collections of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions.
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If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything.
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Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach
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Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing.
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Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.
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I will not be as those who spend the day in complaining of headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it.
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