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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons. ↗

— Carlo Goldoni

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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

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When I was a young player, I would look at players and think, he does this well, and try and pick up good points from them, or he conducts himself well, I'll pick up on that. ↗

— Richard Gough

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Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

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He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children. ↗