Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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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 of him.”
“Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished”
“Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal”
“Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.”
“He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line.”
“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”
“Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.”
“Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.”
“Everyone hears only what he understands.”
“We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.”