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Glib tongues frill up their hash of knowledgefor mankind in polished speechesthat are no more than vaporous windsrustling the fallen leaves in autumn.

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Men grieve [Mephistopheles] so with the days of their lamenting, [he] even hate[s] to plague them with [his] torments.

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Being full of mischief, they love to listen;they gladly obey, for they like to betray you,pretending to be sent from Heaven,and lisping like angels, w...more

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It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.

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No one has ever properly understood me, I have never fully understood anyone; and no one understands anyone else

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Let this little book be thy friend, if, owing to fortune or through thine own fault, thou canst not find a dearer companion.

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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is clos...more

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Des Menschen Kraft, im Dichter offenbartThe human power is revealed by poetIl potere dell'umanità si rivela nel poeta

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What you inherit from your fathermust first be earned before it's yours.

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We are all pilgrims who seek Italy.

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One who has passed the thirtieth yearalready is as good as dead--it would be best to kill you off by then.

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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.

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When he comes to the doorhe always looks mocking and half-way angry.You can see he has sympathy for nothing.It's written on his foreheadthat he can lo...more

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15"General ideas and great conceit are always a fair way to bring about terrible misfortune.

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There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they find to laugh at.