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If you wish to know yourself observe how others act._x000D__x000D_If you wish to understand others look into your own heart.
Far must thy researches go_x000D__x000D_Wouldst thou learn the world to know;_x000D__x000D_Thou must tempt the dark abyss_x000D__x000D_Wouldst thou prove what Being is;_x000D__x000D_Naught but firmness gains the prize,_x000D__x000D_Naught but fullness makes us wise,_x000D__x000D_Buried deep truth e'er lies.
Let no one despair, even though in the darkest night the last star of hope may disappear.
The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty.
Man is created free, and is free, even though born in chains.
Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.
Think with awe on the slow and quiet power of time.
Doch zittre vor der langsamen,_x000D__x000D_Der stillen Macht der Zeit._x000D__x000D_Yet tremble at the slow, silent power of time.
Time flies on restless pinions - constant never.
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
The iron chain and the silken cord are both equally bonds.
If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.
Man, one may say, was never in such a completely animal condition; but he has, on the other hand, never escaped from it.
But how is the artist to protect himself against the corruption of the age which besets him on all sides?
It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.
On the mountains there is freedom!_x000D_The world is perfect everywhere,_x000D_Save where man comes with his torment.
When the wine goes in, strange things come out.
Only through Beauty's morning-gate, dost thou penetrate the land of knowledge.
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