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Johann von Goethe Quotes: We are never further from our wishes than when we imagine that we possess what we have desired.
         

We are never further from our wishes than when we imagine that we possess what we have desired.


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We are never further from our wishes than when we imagine that we possess what we have desired.
         



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Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.



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He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.



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Hope is the second soul of the unhappy.

Hope is the second soul of the unhappy.



Every second is of infinite value.

Every second is of infinite value.



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To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.



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Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.





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