"At the end of life thoughts hitherto..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
At the end of life thoughts hitherto impossible come to the collected mind, like good spirits which let themselves down from the shining heights of the past.
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“He loves not who does not see the faults of the beloved as virtues.”
“There are people who pay attention to the weaknesses of their friends; that is to no avail. I have always closely watched and profited from the strengths of my adversaries.”
“Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.”
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“Thinking is a wonderful tool if it's applied. Thinking, however, can not become the master. Thinking is a very bad master. If you're dominated by thinking then your life becomes very restricted.”
“Stiff-necked fools, you think you are cool to deny me for simplicity.”
“Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.”