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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 - 1832)
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When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

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.

Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay.



How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you΄ll know right away what you amount to.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.

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