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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “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.”
    ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
    tags: art, good-life, music, poetry, self-improvement
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.”
    ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    tags: inspiration
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”
    ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, First Part
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”
    ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    tags: character, misattributed, nobility
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.”
    ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Collected Works
    tags: bigotry, ignorance, life, prejudice
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.”
    ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.”
    ― Goethe
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “A person hears only what they understand.”
    ― Johann wolfgang von Goethe
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “Instruction does much, but encouragement everything."

    (Letter to A.F. Oeser, Nov. 9, 1768)”
    ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Early and Miscellaneous Letters of J. W. Goethe: Including Letters to His Mother. With Notes and a Short Biography
    tags: education, encouragement, instruction, learning, school
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    Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
    “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
    ― Johann wolfgang von Goethe
    tags: knowledge
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”
    ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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  • #12
    Socrates
    “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: knowledge, wisdom
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    Socrates
    “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: inspiration, truth, wisdom
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    Socrates
    “I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”
    ― Socrates
    tags: knowledge, philosophy
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    Socrates
    “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: philosophy
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    Socrates
    “Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: gossip
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    Socrates
    “Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: amazement, wisdom, wonder
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    Socrates
    “He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: avarice, contentment, gluttony, greed
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    Socrates
    “Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”
    ― Socrates
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    Maya Angelou
    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Maya Angelou
    “What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.”
    ― Maya Angelou, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
    tags: 1993, advice, complaining, inspirational
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    Maya Angelou
    “When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: oprah-s-thank-you-game, people
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    Maya Angelou
    “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: character, consistency, courage, determination, essence, ethos, fortitude, goodness, inspiration, life-lessons, persistence, resolve, self-reliance, strength, virtue, virtues
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    Maya Angelou
    “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: attributed, attributed-no-source, education, intelligence, knowledge, unsourced
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