And I like those authors best whose scenes describe my own situation in life-- and the friends who are about me whose stories touch me with interest, from resembling my own homely existence.
("The Sorrows of Young Werther")
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Take life too seriously, and what is it worth If the morning wake us to no new joys, if the evening bring us not the hopes of new pleasures, is it worth while to dress and undress Does the sun shine on me today that I may reflect on yesterday That I may endeavor to foresee and control what can neither be foreseen nor controlled the destiny of tomorrow.
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The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.
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All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience.
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Lose this day loitering, twill be the same story Tomorrow, and the rest more dilatory Thus, indecision brings its own delays And days are lost lamenting over days, Are you in earnest Seize this very moment What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Courage has genius, power and magic in it Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin it and the work will be completed.
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