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Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire. ↗

— William Godwin

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Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity. ↗

— William Godwin

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The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself. ↗

— William Godwin

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Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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