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Wilhelm von Humboldt Quotes
Brief author info: Wilhelm von Humboldt (1769-1859) German explorer and scientist.
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A man must seek his happiness and inward peace from objects which cannot be taken away from him.
To judge a man means nothing more than to ask: What content does he give to the form of humanity? What concept should we have of humanity if he were its only representative?
Besides the pleasure derived from acquired knowledge, there lurks in the mind of man, and tinged with a shade of sadness, an unsatisfactory longing for something beyond the present, a striving towards regions yet unknown and unopened.
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Here is the secret of inspiration: tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.
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Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.
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There are times when sorrow seems the only truth.
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
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