Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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CINDY POMEROY I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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MAEVE BINCHY When the sound and wholesome nature of man acts as an entirety, when he feels himself in the world a...
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ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
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BILL MULSO Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe.
THOMAS CARLYLE Nearer, my God, to Thee--
Nearer to Thee--
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me;
...
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JAMES MUNGRO Don't let fear cripple you and keep you from trying new things, changing things, exploring and livin...
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ODO SIMON AGBO we
sat there
smoking
cigarettes
at
5
in the morning.
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There was a terribly ghastly noise.
There was a terr...
DOUGLAS ADAMS To make one mistake, and then fix it. It shows, a sign that you have understood
the lesson.
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"I don't drink. Alcohol is bad for my legs."
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JOHANN VON GOETHE The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE Stupidity is without anxiety.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
JOHANN VON GOETHE What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE The highest problem of any art is to cause by appearance the illusion of a higher reality.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Personality is everything in art and poetry.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic!
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JOHANN VON GOETHE If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE The history of mankind is his character.
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JOHANN VON GOETHE A distracted existence leads us to no goal.
JOHANN VON GOETHE What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Their is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.
JOHANN VON GOETHE One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.
JOHANN VON GOETHE