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" What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won. "
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Crooked
Cannot
Path
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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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Achieve
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" Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at. "
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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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Earth
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" There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior. "
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Heart
Behavior
" Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age. "
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Long
Age
" What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely. "
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Life
Gives
" There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at. "
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People
Nothing
" It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself. "
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Shows
Master
" To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform. "
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Necessity
Fancy
Hard
" Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever. "
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Secret
Forever
" Love does not dominate; it cultivates. "
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love
Dominate
Does
" The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part. "
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Principal
First
Man
" What is important in life is life, and not the result of life. "
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Important
Life
Result
" To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants. "
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Person
Purpose
" A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them. "
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Hold
Person
People
" Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be. "
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Men
Young
Relationship
" I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true. "
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More
Never
Person
" The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim. "
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Aim
Ought
Everyone
" To rule is easy, to govern difficult. "
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Difficult
Easy
Govern
" Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity. "
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Fresh
Activity
Adversity
" The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life. "
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Man
Happy
End
" We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. "
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Only
Know
Knowledge
" If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different. "
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Woman
Man
Performance
" No one has ever learned fully to know themselves. "
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Ever
Themselves
Learned
" A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss. "
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Correct
Like
Kiss
" If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise. "
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
God
Had
He
" Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. "
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Himself
Will
Even
" 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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Way
" Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves. "
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Grown
Little
Deceive