"Mankind? That is an abstraction. There have always been and always will be only individuals."
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"Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time."
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"Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away."
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"We must be young to do great things."
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"If I love you, what business is it of yours?"
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"Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time."
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"It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself." ~ Goethe"
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"A man's foibles are what makes him lovable."
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"Investigate what is, and not what pleases."
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"Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest. [Ger., Wo viel Licht is, ist starker Schatten.]"
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"People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say visually."
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"If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul."
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"I love those who yearn for the impossible."
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"Each one of us must carry within the proof of immortality, it cannot be given from outside of us. To be sure, everything in natureis change but behind the change there is something eternal."
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"Our destiny often looks like a fruit-tree in winter. Who would think from its pitiable aspect that those rigid boughs, those rough twigs could next spring again be green, bloom, and even bear fruit? Yet we hope it, we know it."
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"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."
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"The bed of flowers Loosens amain, The beauteous snowdrops Droop o'er the plain. The crocus opens Its glowing bud, Like emeralds others, Others, like blood. With saucy gesture Primroses flare, And roguish violets, Hidden with care; And whatsoever There stirs and strives, The Spring's contented, If works and thrives."
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"The solution of every problem is another problem"
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"Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean."
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"What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together."
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