Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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You don't know, oh, oh
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ONE DIRECTION
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Your Voice
Your Reason To Be
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My Heart...
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A picture is a poem without words.
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One of the great sights which every American, if he can travel at all, should see.
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One picture is worth a thousand words.
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Don't let fear rule your life. Live one day at a time, and never be afraid.
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I take one day at a time. I am not someone to define my goals.
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In all things it is better to hope than to despair
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears. [Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer v...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession of prosperous days. [Ger., Alles...
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While man's desires and aspirations stir, He can not choose but err. [Ger., Es irrt der Mensch...
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Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
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It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily ...
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Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
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The sea is flowing ever, The land retains it never.
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It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life bless...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once
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The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights. [Ger., Das sterbliche Gesc...
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Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose.
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Where there are no women there are no good manners
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He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear...
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The universal subjugator, the commonplace. [Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]
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The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the mome...
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Everyone hears only what he understands.
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Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult t...
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Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking
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Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality. [G...
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The sagacious reader who is capable of reading between these lines what does not stand written in t...
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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed...
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Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
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The society of women is the element of good manners.
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A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
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Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Loving is a feeling that brings both joy and pain to my heart. Joy from being with you, being filled...
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If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unp...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if...
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Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
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Each one sees what he carries in his heart
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A wounded heart can with difficulty be cured. [Ger., Doch ein gekranktes Herz erholt sich schwer.]
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For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]
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When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie. [Ger., Wenn ich irre kann es jeder bemerken; ...
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Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
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In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday
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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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