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The universe is one of God's thoughts.
Truth is more than a dream and a song.
Wine invents nothing; it only tattles.
O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.
Keep true to the dreams of your youth.
I follow my heart, for I can trust it.
Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
Whatever is not forbidden is permitted.
Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.
The strong man is strongest when alone.
Even weak men when united are powerful.
Every true genius is bound to be naive.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
An axe at home saves hiring a carpenter.
On dreary night let lusty sunshine fall.
Accursed be he who plays with the devil.
Deep meaning lies often in childish play.
Toil of science swells the wealth of art.
Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
Forgiveness is the divinest of victories.
A deep meaning often lies in old customs.
Truth lives on in the midst of deception.
Freedom can occur only through education.
Illusion is brief, but repentance is long.
Chains of iron or of silk-both are chains.
What is life without the radiance of love?
Art is difficult, transient is her reward.
Nothing leads to good that is not natural.
Fate hath no voice but the heart's impulse.
In love, Jealousy is the great exaggerator.
Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.
Joy all creatures drink At nature's bosoms.
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
Never the grave gives back what it has won!
The May of life blooms once and never again.
A healthy nature needs no God or immortality
What shall he fear that does not fear death.
Life did not present its sunny side to thee.
There is a nobility in the world of manners.
The Moor has done his work, the Moor may go.
The world's history is the world's judgment.
Misery travels free through the whole world!
Honesty prospers in every condition of life.
What is the short meaning of the long speech?
Strange customs do not thrive in foreign soil.
He who considers too much will perform little.
Day's lustrous eyes grow heavy in sweet death.
Sorrows must die with the joys they outnumber.
Against stupidity, God Himself fights in vain.
Heaven and earth fight in vain against a dunce!