Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“In all things it is better to hope than to despair”
“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.”
“Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.”
“A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.”
“Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.”
“Nothing is more highly to be prized than the value of each day”
“Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.”
“If I love you, what business is it of yours?”
“Is not the core of nature in the heart of man?”
“This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us”